I like to be provocative. I like to make people think. I like to touch people’s hearts. And if I can do all three of those things in one fell swoop, then I feel like I’ve really accomplished something.
MADONNA CICCONEAnd then, going to high school, I saw how popular girls had to behave to get the boys. I knew I couldn’t fit into that. So I decided to do the opposite. I refused to wear makeup, to have a hairstyle. I refused to shave. I had hairy armpits.
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I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
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I wanted to be a nun. I saw nuns as superstars. When I was growing up I went to a Catholic school, and the nuns, to me, were these superhuman, beautiful, fantastic people.
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And I feel faster than the speeding light.
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When I came to New York it was the first time I’d ever taken a plane, the first time I’d ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I’d ever done.
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Prince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn’t find him stiff at all.
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Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for punishment.
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I was a buffoon and an idiot until the age of forty
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My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent.
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There is a very modest side to me too. How far away from me is the image? It’s about 20 steps away.
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I am very proud to be Italian.
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Beauty’s where you find it; not just where you bump and grind it.
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There are moments when I can’t believe I’m as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don’t think, Oh God, I’m missing something.
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We all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect
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Strong women leave big hickies
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People have this idea that if you’re sexual and beautiful and provocative, then there’s nothing else you could possibly offer.
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