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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.

Maria Callas

When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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Courage Inspirational Rise Talk
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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Artist Born Stay Voice Yourself
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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Art Domination Moments Oneself People Thinking Voice
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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Difference End Goodness Greatness Student Teacher
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
On stage, I am in the dark.
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Darkness Myself
Only my dogs will not betray me.
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Betrayal Dog Myself
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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Age Day Enjoyment Fools Friendship Happiness Live Maturity Myself Young
I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.
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Angel Artist Judgement Myself Oneself Pretend Role Serious Woman
When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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Enemy Myself Understand
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
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
I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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Marriage Myself Preparation
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
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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Children Force Law Performance Responsibility
Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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Feeling Love Myself Sing

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