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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.

Maria Callas

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
Some say I have a beautiful voice, some say I have not. It is a matter of opinion. All I can say, those who don’t like it shouldn’t come to hear me.
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Beautiful Myself Opinion Voice
On stage, I am in the dark.
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Darkness Myself
When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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Enemy Myself Understand
Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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Feeling Love Myself Sing
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 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
Only my dogs will not betray me.
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Betrayal Dog Myself
I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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Achievement Best Difficult Myself Necessary
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
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
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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Advantage Drama Head Myself Poor Role
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
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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Life Side Terrible Thinking Yourself
To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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Expression Sing Transformation Yourself
Real 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.
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Care Friendship Reality Yourself

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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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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