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I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.

Maria Callas

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
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 prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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Marriage Myself Preparation
When the curtain rises, the only thing that speaks is courage.
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Courage Inspirational Rise 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
I don’t need the money, dear. I work for art.
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Art Money Myself Work
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
I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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Achievement Best Difficult Myself Necessary
Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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Fashion Leadership World
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
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
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.
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Friendship Greatness Hands Man Ourselves Weapon Woman
I don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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Appearance Change Myself Possession
Love is so much better when you are not married.
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Better Love Marriage Yourself
Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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Feeling Love Myself Sing
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

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