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.
MARIA CALLASI cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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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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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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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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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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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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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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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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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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