It’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
MARIA CALLASOnly my dogs will not betray me.
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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That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil’s means; great teachers foresee a pupil’s ends.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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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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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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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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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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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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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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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 don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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