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.
MADONNA CICCONEPrince Charles is very relaxed at the table, throwing his salad around willy-nilly. I didn’t find him stiff at all.
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The idea of service to humanity, putting yourself in situations where people have much less than you do, puts life in perspective.
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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’m sure other people have a very strange view of my lifestyle.
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Acknowledge World Aids Day! Do what you can to help save lives! #livingforlove
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There’s no borderline for the things that I can say, do, and create.
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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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We all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect
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I am very proud to be Italian.
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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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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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Having money is just the best thing in the world.
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On any given night, catch me on the floor, working up a sweat, that’s what music’s for.
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Sleeping is the most difficult part of what I do, relaxing afterwards. Letting things go.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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They’re only words, unless they’re true.
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