It’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
MARIA CALLASART is domination. It’s making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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I was always too mature for my age – and not very happy. I had no young friends. I wish I could go back to those days. If I could only live it all again, how I would play and enjoy other girls. What a fool I was.
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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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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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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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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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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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On stage, I am in the dark.
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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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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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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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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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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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