Being poor in Africa is something people in America can’t relate to. Part of the challenge is bringing that reality to people and moving them. You have to arouse compassion.
MADONNA CICCONEI’ve slept with Prince.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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All you need is your own imagination. So use it that’s what it’s for.
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The definition of S & M is letting someone hurt you that you know would never hurt you.
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Effeminate men intrigue me more than anything in the world. I see them as my alter egos. I feel very drawn to them. I think like a guy, but I’m feminine. So I relate to feminine men.
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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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I’ve never really lived a conventional life, so I think it’s quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.
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Believing in yourself and being willing to do anything, to walk through the fire, to do what it is that you want to do. Getting out of that car accident covered with blood to play the gig . . . I mean, that’s me. That’s just me.
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If you’re sure of who you are it doesn’t really matter what people call you, does it?
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I love the art form, but working in film can be a disheartening experience.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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I can’t stand when I walk into a room and everyone’s not talking to each other and just on their phones.
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Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.
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Beauty’s where you find it; not just where you bump and grind it.
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My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent.
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They’re only words, unless they’re true.
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I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.
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