I’ve slept with Prince.
MADONNA CICCONEI’m sure other people have a very strange view of my lifestyle.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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There are moments when I can’t believe I’m as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don’t think, Oh God, I’m missing something.
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Truth is never far behind.
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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 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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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 we take a picture, we have a negative. We put the right solution on it and, suddenly, the picture comes to life. So what do we do? We take the negative and turn it into a 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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Hey, wait a minute, I was a Spice Girl once!
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Having money is just the best thing in the world.
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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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Hollywood, how can it hurt you when it looks so good?
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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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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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Elvis Presley? He’s God.
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Beauty’s where you find it; not just where you bump and grind it.
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