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.
MADONNA CICCONEI am very proud to be Italian.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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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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Marriage? I don’t know what I really think about marriage. I’m a bit confused on that issue.
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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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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’m sure other people have a very strange view of my lifestyle.
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I was a buffoon and an idiot until the age of forty
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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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Rita Haywood gave good face.
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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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To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment.
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The definition of S & M is letting someone hurt you that you know would never hurt you.
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I am very proud to be Italian.
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Having money is just the best thing in the world.
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I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
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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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