Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
MADONNA CICCONEThere is a very modest side to me too. How far away from me is the image? It’s about 20 steps away.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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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 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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And I feel faster than the speeding light.
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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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I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.
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I felt very awkward and out of place in school. Not popular, not attractive, not special in any way and I was longing for love and approval from someone.
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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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I don’t care anymore if people dress like me, now I want them to think like me.
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Hey, wait a minute, I was a Spice Girl once!
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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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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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Part 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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Effeminate men intrigue me more than anything in the world. I see them as my alter egos. I feel very drawn to them. I think like a guy, but I’m feminine. So I relate to feminine men.
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Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it, Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it…
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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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