I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must.
MARIA CALLASTo sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.
More Maria Callas Quotes
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When I did not become enemies, then I understand that there was nothing standing.
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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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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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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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Only when I was singing did I feel loved.
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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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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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Paris dictates fashion to the whole world.
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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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Only my dogs will not betray me.
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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 will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best.
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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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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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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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