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.
MARIA CALLASThe public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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Don’t talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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I will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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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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It’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
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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 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 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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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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