I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
MARIA CALLASReal 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.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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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 don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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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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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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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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When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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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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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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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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On stage, I am in the dark.
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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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