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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.

Maria Callas

The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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Monster Myself Public Return
On stage, I am in the dark.
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Darkness Myself
Love is so much better when you are not married.
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Better Love Marriage Yourself
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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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
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
When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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Enemy Myself Understand
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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Friendship Greatness Hands Man Ourselves Weapon Woman
When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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Courage Inspirational Rise Talk
To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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Expression Sing Transformation Yourself
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.
MARIA CALLAS

Age Day Enjoyment Fools Friendship Happiness Live Maturity Myself Young
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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Beautiful Myself Opinion Voice
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
I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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Change Music Myself Voice
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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Life Live Respect Sensation Work Yourself
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

Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.

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