Strong women leave big hickies
MADONNA CICCONEPart 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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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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Rita Haywood gave good face.
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Sleeping is the most difficult part of what I do, relaxing afterwards. Letting things go.
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Hey you! Don’t be silly! Put a rubber on your willie!
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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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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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