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" 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. "
Imagination
House
Long
" Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules. "
Talk
Wherever
Stay
" First I lost my voice, then I lost my figure and then I lost Onassis. "
Voice
Figure
First
" Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends. "
Pupil
Great
Make
" I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged. "
Woman
Angel
Artist
" I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down. "
Elevator
Voice
Up And Down
" I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over. "
Stage
Over
Me
" I don't need the money, dear. I work for art. "
Need
Dear
Art
" If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top, it couldn't be helped. What should I do if someone gets hurt... retire? "
Hurt
People
Someone
" I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage. "
Myself
Would
Like
" It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven't. "
You
Go
Life
" It's a very terrible thing to be Maria Callas, because it's a question of trying to understand something you can never really understand. "
Trying
Question
Never
" 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. "
Live
Happy
Age
" I will always be as difficult as necessary to achieve the best. "
Best
Will
Difficult
" I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity. "
Who
Like
Her
" I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can, I must. "
Down
Enemies
Get
" Love is so much better when you're not married. "
Love Is
You
Much
" On stage, I am in the dark. "
Am
Dark
I Am
" 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. "
Teacher
Good
Best
" 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. "
Age
Childhood
Children
" To me, the art of music is magnificent, and I cannot bear to see it treated in a shabby way. "
Bear
Me
Music
" When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point. "
Missed
Heart
Agree
" When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping. "
Know
Slipping
Stop
" 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. "
Women
Greatest
Enough
" 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. "
Born
Always
Artist
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