Beverly Sills Quotes
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You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.
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All Democrats are not entitlement people. These are the people who are going to suffer the cost of Obama health care. These are the people who are suffering because there're no jobs.
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Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don't have any nails to manicure, and it takes me 30 minutes to get ready for a night out, as long as I've decided what to wear first.
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Luckily, I work for a company that promotes on performance.
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More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.
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I have people who say, 'You should dress up like this, or you should dress more modest; you should cover up more.' And then, at the other end of the spectrum, you have, like, 'Why are you still wearing your scarf? You're in America, you know.'
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My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.
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We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the month, and we get four months off for the summer. So there's plenty of time for me to spend with the kids.
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The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
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I've seen deer. I have lots of woodchucks on my property. And bluebirds. Foxes.
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If I say often enough that I'm going to be in 'King Kong,' I'm hoping that Peter Jackson will take the hint.
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I'm actually a very lazy person. Most of the time, I'm happy to sit around and stare. Or watch bad TV soaps. It's quite rare for me to get inspired by anything, but it could be something small. A view of the Serpentine. A snatch of music. Or a little shred of conversation overheard on a bus, such as, 'You also will marry someone of my choice.'
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I was really ambitious, so I was innovative. I was one of the first DJs to do live calls, 'cause I found this phone device that would pick up other people's voices.
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One of the things you learn in rehab is that you're responsible for your own actions.
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Boxing is not for killing.
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Liberation of the seer is the result of the dissassociation of the seer and the seen.
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I like to prepare for my roles well, so you can call me a method actor to an extent.
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There's nothing I really believe about 50 Cent.
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Looking back, it puzzles me that my parents decided to stay in Shanghai when they must have known that war was imminent. But the cotton works were my father's responsibility, and duty then counted for something.
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Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed as naive.
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
