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.
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 think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.
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I am very proud to be Italian.
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Sleeping is the most difficult part of what I do, relaxing afterwards. Letting things go.
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Acknowledge World Aids Day! Do what you can to help save lives! #livingforlove
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Elvis Presley? He’s God.
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The one thing I don’t understand is when people make comments who are clearly not fans of mine. I think, why are you here? Why are you wasting your time? It’s fascinating.
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All you need is your own imagination. So use it that’s what it’s for.
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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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Rita Haywood gave good face.
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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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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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To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don’t want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.
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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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There’s no borderline for the things that I can say, do, and create.
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To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment.
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