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Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for punishment.

Madonna Ciccone

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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Boy Girl School
Hollywood, how can it hurt you when it looks so good?
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Hollywood Hurt Look
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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Fan Girl Girly
Sleeping is the most difficult part of what I do, relaxing afterwards. Letting things go.
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Difficult Letting Sleep Things
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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Cab Country People Taxi
To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment.
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Punk Rock Thinking
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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Guy Men Thinking
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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Age Home Independent
Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it, Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it…
MADONNA CICCONE

Art Entertainment Media
I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
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Outsiders People School
I love the art form, but working in film can be a disheartening experience.
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Art Film Form
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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Inspirational Inspiring Men
Hey, wait a minute, I was a Spice Girl once!
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Girl Hey Waiting
The idea of service to humanity, putting yourself in situations where people have much less than you do, puts life in perspective.
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Idea People Perspective
Beauty’s where you find it; not just where you bump and grind it.
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Beauty Bumps Grind
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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Salad Tables Throwing

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