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 grew up in Spokane, Washington, in a very Christian, conservative home.
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If there is aught of good in the style, it is the result of ceaseless toil in rewriting. Everything comes out wrong with me at first; but when once objectified in a crude shape, I can torture and poke and scrape and pat it till it offends me no more.
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Sometimes it's so weird just to do an interview. This morning I was back in my parents' house, with my brother, and we went for a jog together, then had breakfast as a family. And a couple of hours later I'm wearing high heels and a dress and makeup, and talking about my job.
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I was a late bloomer. I wasn't a child performer.
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But for real, for me, I feel like with the red lipstick thing it all depends on the pair of complexion. I'm just being for real. You have to be fair skinned to get away with that.
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
