The idea of service to humanity, putting yourself in situations where people have much less than you do, puts life in perspective.
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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As much as I think I’ve inspired people in the world, I’d like to be more involved bringing about world peace.
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Having money is just the best thing in the world.
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There’s no borderline for the things that I can say, do, and create.
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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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I can’t stand when I walk into a room and everyone’s not talking to each other and just on their phones.
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I think I had a lot of bad hair moments. In the early 80’s just sometimes I wore purple lipstick or green lipstick.
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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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Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for punishment.
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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 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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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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Elvis Presley? He’s God.
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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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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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If you don’t vote, you’re going to get a spanking.
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