I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
MARIA CALLASParis dictates fashion to the whole world.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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Some say I have a beautiful voice, some say I have not. It is a matter of opinion. All I can say, those who don’t like it shouldn’t come to hear me.
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That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil’s means; great teachers foresee a pupil’s ends.
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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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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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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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On stage, I am in the dark.
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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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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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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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Real 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.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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