Only my dogs will not betray me.
MARIA CALLASIt’s a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven’t.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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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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On stage, I am in the dark.
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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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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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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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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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First I lost weight, then I lost my voice, and now I’ve lost Onassis.
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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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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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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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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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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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The public is a monster and that is why I am not eager to return to the stage.
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