"I would like to be Maria, but there……" — Maria Callas
"I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity."
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34 Quotes by Maria Callas
Maria Callas has 34 quotes on this site.
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An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in…
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When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it…
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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…
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Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.
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You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is…
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I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage.
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If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top, it couldn't be helped. What…
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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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When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.
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There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood.…
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I would not kill my enemies, but I will make them get down on their knees. I will, I can,…
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Love is so much better when you are not married.
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The most widely criticised singers in the history of opera, Maria Callas and Franco Corelli, happen also to be the…
— Andrea Bocelli
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The calla lilies are in bloom again.
— Katharine Hepburn
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I search and can't find myself. I belong in chrysanthemum time, sharp in calla lily elongations. God made my soul…
— Fernando Pessoa
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The first opera I went to see was Maria Callas singing 'Tosca'.
— Marianne Faithfull
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The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding…
— Katharine Hepburn
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Maura whirled towards Blue. "Blue, if you ever see that man again, you just walk the other way." "No," Calla…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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The best-case scenario here is that you make friends with a boy who's going to die." "Ah," said Calla, in…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Then Maura made something with butter and Calla made something with bacon and Blue steamed broccoli in self-defense.
— Maggie Stiefvater
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I thought you said scrying was a bad idea.” “It's like vodka,” Calla said. “It really depends on who's doing…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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When does it happen?" "It already has," Calla replied. Her eyes opened and fixed on Blue. "And it hasn't yet.…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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I'm very nearly drunk enough to be transcendent," Calla said after a space. She was not the only psychic drinking,…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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Calla readjusted, wrapping the silk around her other thigh instead. "Which one's he again? The pretty one?" Blue and Gansey…
— Maggie Stiefvater
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