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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.

Maria Callas

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
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
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
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
I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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Change Music Myself Voice
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
I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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Marriage Myself Preparation
When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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Enemy Myself Understand
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
To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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Expression Sing Transformation Yourself
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
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
On stage, I am in the dark.
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Darkness Myself
Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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Feeling Love Myself Sing
When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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Enemy Myself Stop

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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