"New York is a great place to be fed in the arts. The arts in general are a large part of my life. The city was my postgraduate course."

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Kathleen Battle

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“The best known evil is the most tolerable.”
“I couldn't speak enough Spanish. I couldn't make myself understood on that club.”
“The Most Important Thing I Know About the Spirit of Sport... It instills in us the ability to recognize and appreciate the talents of others as well as the gifts we have been given and the ability to work with others as a team. It also allows us to face the challenge of competition, learn from our successes and failures, altogether making us true champions in life.”
“Those possest of the greatest Virtues are always least pleas'd with the repetition of them ...”

Source : Eliza Haywood (2004). “Fantomina and Other Works”, p.124, Broadview Press
“I always stay in the urban comedy genre because it just never gets old. It's one of those things that people watch, again and again. This is that kind of movie. It gives you longevity.”
“I've dreamed landscapes for years, and my dreams play an enormous role in my work. In fact, when I first started doing landscapes I felt insecure about painting in this style, and the dreams were like positive omens for me, and I've done a few paintings that were exact replicas of images that came to me in dreams.”
“From a timid shy girl I had become a woman of resolute character, who could no longer be frightened by the struggle with troubles.”
“If you have to learn it from a self-help book, you may be beyond help.”

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