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MARIA CALLASReal friends are very special, but you have to be careful because sometimes you have a friend and you think they are made of rock, then suddenly you realise they’re only made of sand.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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What is there in life if you do not work? There is only sensation, and there are only a few sensations— you cannot live on them. You can only live on work, by work, through work. How can you live with self-respect if you do not do things as well as lies in you?
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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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It’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
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An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I’ve left the opera house.
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My poor sight gives me an advantage. I can’t see the people in the audience who are scratching their heads while I am lost in my role and giving everything I have to the drama.
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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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ART is domination. It’s making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours.
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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Don’t come to me with your troubles. I have to work for my money and you are young enough to work too. If you can’t make enough money to live on you can jump out of the window or drown yourself.
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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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