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Quote by Beverly Sills

“There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.”

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Beverly Sills, born on May 25, 1929, was an esteemed operatic soprano from the United States. She was renowned for her unique voice and acting skills on the opera stage in the mid-20th century, winning the affection of audiences worldwide. Sills' career spanned a variety of opera roles, and her performance style was widely beloved. more

“I should dearly love that the world should be ever so little better for my presence. Even on this small stage we have our two sides, and something might be done by throwing all one's weight on the scale of breadth, tolerance, charity, temperance, peace, and kindliness to man and beast. We can't all strike very big blows, and even the little ones count for something.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Illustrated)

“The mighty voice of Canada will ever call to me.”

Voice Canada

Book:The Poetry of Arthur Conan Doyle

Source: The Poetry of Arthur Conan Doyle

“To be busy with material affairs is the best preservative against reflection, fears, doubts ... all these things which stand in the way of achievement. I suppose a fellow proposing to cut his throat would experience a sort of relief while occupied in stropping his razor carefully.”

Way Doubt Cutting Materials Achievement Reflection Fellows Busy Affair Relief Throat Razors

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Source: The Complete Novels of Joseph Conrad - All 20 Works in One Premium Edition: Including Unforgettable Titles like Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, Under Western Eyes and Many More (With Author’s Letters, Memoirs and Critical Essays)

“Happiness, happiness ... the flavor is with you-with you alone, and you can make it as intoxicating as you please.”

Happiness Please Flavor

Author:Joseph Conrad

“In the time of Spanish rule, and for many years afterwards, the town of Sulaco--the luxuriant beauty of the orange gardens bears witness to its antiquity--had never been commercially anything more important than a coasting port with a fairly large local trade in ox-hides and indigo.”

Years Important Book Bears Garden Towns Trade Locals Witness Orange Port Antiquity Indigo

Book:Lord Jim and Nostromo: (A Modern Library E-Book)

Source: Lord Jim and Nostromo: (A Modern Library E-Book)

“Certain streets have an atmosphere of their own, a sort of universal fame and the particular affection of their citizens. One of such streets is the Cannebiere, and the jest: "If Paris had a Cannebiere, it would be a little Marseilles" is the jocular expression of municipal pride. I, too, I have been under the spell. For me it has been a street leading into the unknown.”