Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
MARIA CALLASI prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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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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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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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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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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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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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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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 will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.
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