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.
MADONNA CICCONEPeople 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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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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Marriage? I don’t know what I really think about marriage. I’m a bit confused on that issue.
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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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My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent.
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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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Hey you! Don’t be silly! Put a rubber on your willie!
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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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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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Hollywood, how can it hurt you when it looks so good?
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There’s no borderline for the things that I can say, do, and create.
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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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And I feel faster than the speeding light.
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If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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If you don’t vote, you’re going to get a spanking.
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