Truth is never far behind.
MADONNA CICCONEI 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 feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
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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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Strong women leave big hickies
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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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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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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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Prince 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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They’re only words, unless they’re true.
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Hey you! Don’t be silly! Put a rubber on your willie!
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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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Sleeping is the most difficult part of what I do, relaxing afterwards. Letting things go.
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My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent.
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Elvis Presley? He’s God.
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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.
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I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.
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