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.
MADONNA CICCONEThe definition of S & M is letting someone hurt you that you know would never hurt you.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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As much as I think I’ve inspired people in the world, I’d like to be more involved bringing about world peace.
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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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Marriage? I don’t know what I really think about marriage. I’m a bit confused on that issue.
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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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Truth is never far behind.
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To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment.
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If you’re sure of who you are it doesn’t really matter what people call you, does it?
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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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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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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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I 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 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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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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I am very proud to be Italian.
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