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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

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
I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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Change Music Myself Voice
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
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
Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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Fashion Leadership World
I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking.
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Artist Different Kind Maturity Myself Thinking
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
When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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Enemy Myself Understand
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 don’t know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over.
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Appearance Change Myself Possession
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
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
Love is so much better when you are not married.
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Better Love Marriage Yourself
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
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
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 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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