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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.

Maria Callas

When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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Enemy Myself Understand
To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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Expression Sing Transformation Yourself
Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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Fashion Leadership World
I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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Art Money Myself Work
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 will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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Achievement Best Difficult Myself Necessary
I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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Artist Different Kind Maturity Myself Thinking
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
I belong to the givers. I want to give a little happiness even if I haven’t had much for myself. Music has enriched my life and, hopefully – through me, a little – the public’s. If anyone left an opera house feeling more happy and at peace, I achieved my purpose.
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Achievement Feeling Generosity Happiness Home Hope Life Music Myself Purpose
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
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
Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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Feeling Love Myself Sing
Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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Attitude Myself Rule Stay Talk
When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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Enemy Myself Stop
I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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Angel Children Myself Voice
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

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