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The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.

Maria Callas

It’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
MARIA CALLAS

Life Side Terrible Thinking Yourself
Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
MARIA CALLAS

Attitude Myself Rule Stay Talk
When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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Courage Inspirational Rise Talk
I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.
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Angel Artist Judgement Myself Oneself Pretend Role Serious Woman
I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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Angel Children Myself Voice
On stage, I am in the dark.
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Darkness Myself
When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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Enemy Myself Stop
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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Beginning End Home Imagination Myself Start
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.
MARIA CALLAS

Live Money Trouble Window Work Yourself
First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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Appearance Loss Lost Myself Voice Weight
I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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Artist Different Kind Maturity Myself Thinking
I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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Achievement Best Difficult Myself Necessary
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point.
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Failure Heart Missing Music Point
Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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Feeling Love Myself Sing
I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.
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Enemy Kill Myself
Only my dogs will not betray me.
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Betrayal Dog Myself

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