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 CICCONEThey’re only words, unless they’re true.
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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Marriage? I don’t know what I really think about marriage. I’m a bit confused on that issue.
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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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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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Hey you! Don’t be silly! Put a rubber on your willie!
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Elvis Presley? He’s God.
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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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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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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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Beauty’s where you find it; not just where you bump and grind it.
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We’ve made so many advances in other areas – civil rights, gay rights – but ageism is still an area that’s taboo and not talked about and dealt with.
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Acknowledge World Aids Day! Do what you can to help save lives! #livingforlove
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Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for punishment.
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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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I’ve slept with Prince.
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