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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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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
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
Only my dogs will not betray me.
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Betrayal Dog Myself
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 cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down.
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Change Music Myself Voice
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
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
Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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Feeling Love Myself Sing
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
To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
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Expression Sing Transformation 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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Age Day Enjoyment Fools Friendship Happiness Live Maturity Myself Young
When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I’m slipping.
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Enemy Myself Stop
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
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
You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.
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Artist Born Stay Voice Yourself
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 will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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Achievement Best Difficult Myself Necessary
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 prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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Marriage Myself Preparation
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
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
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
Love is so much better when you are not married.
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Better Love Marriage Yourself
On stage, I am in the dark.
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Darkness Myself
Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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Fashion Leadership World
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

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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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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