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She knows what she wants: an event, by which she means a slip of the knife, a dropped wineglass or bomb, something broken. A sharp thing that will wake her up.
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I’ve noticed something about people who make a difference in the world: They hold the unshakable conviction that individuals are extremely important, that every life matters. They get excited over one smile. They are willing to feed one stomach, educate one mind, and treat one wound. They aren’t determined to revolutionize the world all at once; they’re satisfied with small changes. Over time, though, the small changes add up. Sometimes they even transform cities and nations, and yes, the world.
Beth Clark (via psych-facts)
(via psych-facts)
Queen Elizabeth II and Maria Callas at Royal Opera House in 1958
Maria Callas
1) A night at the opera. On the right is the conductor Eugene Ormandy, on the left the columnist Elsa Maxwell. (Philadelphia, USA, 1959)
2) Callas à l'Opéra de Paris (Paris, year ?)
3) Callas on the set of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Medea (1968). I can’t believe she smoked!
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Marlene Dietrich with other stars of her epoque - Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Maria Callas, Edith Piaf, Mae West and Rita Hayworth.