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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.

Madonna Ciccone

To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment.
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Punk Rock Thinking
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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Age Home Independent
Acknowledge World Aids Day! Do what you can to help save lives! #livingforlove
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Aid Day Helping World
They’re only words, unless they’re true.
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Philosophy Unless Word
Elvis Presley? He’s God.
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Celebrity Elvis Famous Presley
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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Idea People Perspective
Sleeping is the most difficult part of what I do, relaxing afterwards. Letting things go.
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Difficult Letting Sleep Things
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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Boy Girl School
I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
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Feel Home Just Today
Marriage? I don’t know what I really think about marriage. I’m a bit confused on that issue.
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Confused Issue Thinking
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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Awkward School Self Esteem
Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for punishment.
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Catholic Pain Punishment
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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Hurt Love Strong Women
I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider.
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Outsiders People School
Hey, wait a minute, I was a Spice Girl once!
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Girl Hey Waiting
Do everything you’re told. Be a good cheerleader. And never, never say, ‘It’s not so bad.’ Say ‘You are almost there!’ And say it a lot.
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Birth Cheer Cheerleader Good

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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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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