The idea of service to humanity, putting yourself in situations where people have much less than you do, puts life in perspective.
MADONNA CICCONEI don’t care anymore if people dress like me, now I want them to think like me.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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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.
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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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I like to be provocative. I like to make people think. I like to touch people’s hearts. And if I can do all three of those things in one fell swoop, then I feel like I’ve really accomplished something.
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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.
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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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Marriage? I don’t know what I really think about marriage. I’m a bit confused on that issue.
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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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I think I had a lot of bad hair moments. In the early 80’s just sometimes I wore purple lipstick or green lipstick.
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I’m sure other people have a very strange view of my lifestyle.
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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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We all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect
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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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I was a buffoon and an idiot until the age of forty
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I’ve slept with Prince.
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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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