I laugh at myself. I don’t take myself completely seriously. I think that’s another quality that people have to hold on to… you have to laugh, especially at yourself.
MADONNA CICCONEOne thing I’ve learned is that I’m not the owner of my talent; I’m the manager of it.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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Elvis Presley? He’s God.
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We all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect
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My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent.
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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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I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
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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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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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And 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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When I think about popular culture, I can’t help but think that we’re living in the age of loneliness. There’s this illusion that we all have instant access to each other, but we actually have no real connection.
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If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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My new Boyfriend! Mr. Marmoset Hard and Silent! #peopledontknowthings
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Hollywood, how can it hurt you when it looks so good?
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I felt very awkward and out of place in school. Not popular, not attractive, not special in any way and I was longing for love and approval from someone.
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Hey you! Don’t be silly! Put a rubber on your willie!
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