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 CICCONEI 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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I’m sure other people have a very strange view of my lifestyle.
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Rita Haywood gave good face.
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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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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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If you’re sure of who you are it doesn’t really matter what people call you, does it?
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I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
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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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I’ve slept with Prince.
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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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Truth is never far behind.
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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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Are you ready boots? Start Walking…..never look back. # artforfreedom # revolutionoflove
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I was a buffoon and an idiot until the age of forty
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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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