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I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.

Maria Callas

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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Achievement Feeling Generosity Happiness Home Hope Life Music Myself Purpose
I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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Artist Different Kind Maturity Myself Thinking
On stage, I am in the dark.
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Darkness Myself
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 will not be sued! I have the voice of an angel!
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Angel Children Myself Voice
I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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Achievement Best Difficult Myself Necessary
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
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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Live Money Trouble Window Work Yourself
I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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Art Money Myself Work
The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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Monster Myself Public Return
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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Failure Heart Missing Music Point
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
When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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Enemy Myself Understand
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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Enemy Kill Myself
Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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Fashion Leadership World
I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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Change Music Myself Voice

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