“I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.”

— Beverly Sills

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
Context: Why should I go when it's going so good? … I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

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opera soprano 1929–2007

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