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.
MADONNA CICCONEIf I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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I’m sure other people have a very strange view of my lifestyle.
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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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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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As much good as it does, social media can also encourage stupidity and degradation.
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Do everything you’re told. Be a good cheerleader. And never, never say, ‘It’s not so bad.’ Say ‘You are almost there!’ And say it a lot.
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Elvis Presley? He’s God.
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Hey, wait a minute, I was a Spice Girl once!
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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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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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One thing I’ve learned is that I’m not the owner of my talent; I’m the manager of it.
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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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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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And I feel faster than the speeding light.
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On any given night, catch me on the floor, working up a sweat, that’s what music’s for.
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