"I was constantly being pushed toward a European ideal of what it means to be a classical or opera singer, let's say in the Renata Tebaldi mode. I reject that."

-- Renee Fleming

#Mean Quotes #Singers Quotes #Opera Quotes

“Knowledge earns you power, character earns you respect.”
“Guru Arjun tells us that the truth we seek is within ourselves, and I agree. The answers to many of our greatest desires, needs, and longings are inside. We only need to know how to retrieve them. The most powerful vehicle for retrieving our longed for answers is applied intelligence, which is the combination of information and experience. Applied intelligence brings true wisdom because it includes experience, usually on a deep level.”
“Believing in everything looks a lot like believing in nothing.”
“The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.”
“I have to say, our kind of music was always a struggle live. Quiet vocals and really loud drums and guitars, it was quite tricky. It still can be. I'm slightly amazed that other bands say that, because I'm still like, "Oh God, what am I doing?"”
“many things I knew, I have forgotten; many things I thought I knew, I find I know nothing about; some things I know, I have found not worth knowing; and some things I would give - O what would one not give to know? are beyond the reach of human ken.”

Source : Anna Letitia Barbauld, Lucy Aikin (1825). “The works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld: in two volumes”, p.148
“That's one of the wonderful things about the whole process of photography - eye contact can be very revealing.”
“In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.”

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