“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.”
As quoted in Incredible Quotations : 230 Thought-Provoking Quotes with Prompts to Spark Students' Writing, Thinking, and Discussion (1997) by Jacqueline Sweeney
Beverly Sills , de origen ucraniano-rumano, fue la más famosa cantante estadounidense de ópera de los años 60 y los 70. Fue tan famosa como soprano de coloratura que la apodaron "La Reina de la Ópera Americana" destacándose luego como empresaria, ejecutiva, periodista y directora de teatros y organizadora.
Su larga carrera lírica profesional comenzó en 1945 pero recién despuntó en 1966 y su período mejor duró apenas una década. Sobreviviente de cáncer, después de retirarse en el año 1980, fue la férrea directora general de la Ópera de Nueva York o New York City Opera a la que salvó de bancarrota e implementó el sistema de subtítulos en ópera por primera vez en Estados Unidos.
En 1994, fue presidenta del Lincoln Center y, en 2002, de la Metropolitan Opera, la primera mujer en dirigirlos.
Madre de dos hijos discapacitados, Sills aprovechó su fama para ayudar en la prevención y el tratamiento de los defectos de nacimiento, recaudando más de 70 millones de dólares para la causa.
Fue una pionera entre las mujeres de su era y un ícono cultural estadounidense, especialmente neoyorquino. Un crítico escribió "Si debo recomendar una atracción en la ciudad de Nueva York, Beverly Sills es la primera en mi lista".
Estableció en el 2006, un año antes de su muerte, el Premio Beverly Sills, anual y de $50,000 a "extraordinariamente dotados cantantes americanos entre 25 y 40 años que se hayan desempeñado en el escenario del Metropolitan Opera".
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“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.”
As quoted in Incredible Quotations : 230 Thought-Provoking Quotes with Prompts to Spark Students' Writing, Thinking, and Discussion (1997) by Jacqueline Sweeney
“Art is the signature of civilizations.”
As quoted in The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women (1992) by Rosalie Maggio
“There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
As quoted in Conquering an Enemy Called Average (1996) by John L. Mason
As quoted in TIME (1983), and The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women (1992) by Rosalie Maggio
“I needed to sing — desperately.”
Bubbles : A Self-Portrait (1976), p. 114
Contexto: I needed to sing — desperately. My voice poured out more easily because I was no longer singing for anyone's approval; I was beyond caring about the public's reaction, I just wanted to enjoy myself. … I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity, as a result of my childrens' problems. I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not — more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving.
“I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.”
As quoted in "Caviar for Beverly Sills" in The New York Times (15 October 1984) http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/15/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-caviar-for-beverly-sills.html
Contexto: Why should I go when it's going so good? … I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.
Bubbles : A Self-Portrait (1976), p. 114
Contexto: I needed to sing — desperately. My voice poured out more easily because I was no longer singing for anyone's approval; I was beyond caring about the public's reaction, I just wanted to enjoy myself. … I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity, as a result of my childrens' problems. I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not — more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving.
As quoted in The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women (1992) by Rosalie Maggio
“In youth, we run into difficulties. In old age, difficulties run into us.”
Josh Billings, as quoted in Mac's Giant Book of Quips and Quotes (1983) by E. C. McKenzie
Misattributed
“Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.”
Thomas Merton, in New Seeds of Contemplation (1961)
Misattributed
As quoted in Newsweek, Vol. 103, (1984), p. iv
Wayne Dyer, quoted in The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism (2002) by Gary Gach, p. 285
Misattributed
Beverly : An Autobiography (1988), p. 356
Lionel Trilling, in his introducton to Beyond Culture (1976) by Edward T. Hall
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Franklyn Broude, as quoted in Sitting on a File Cabinet, Naked, with a Gun: True Stories of Silicon Valley (2009) by Linda McFarland, Joanne Linden and Sharon Turnoy
Misattributed
“Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.”
Pythagoras, as quoted in Treasury of Thought : Forming an Encyclopædia of Quotations from Ancient and Modern Authors (1894) by Maturin Murray Ballou
Misattributed
Billy Graham, as quoted in The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Book of Revelation (2001) by Stan Campbell and James S. Bell, p. 54
Misattributed
As quoted in The Quotable Woman (1978) by Elaine Partnow, p. 399