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.
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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All you need is your own imagination. So use it that’s what it’s for.
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Hollywood, how can it hurt you when it looks so good?
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Younger people are generally more adventurous – they’re more open, more fun – have you met many guys my age? Guys my age are married or divorced or grumpy, fat and balding.
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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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Strong women leave big hickies
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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 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 have great respect for Sean Penn. It’s like most relationships that fail. It’s not one thing, it’s many thing that go on over a period of time.
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They’re only words, unless they’re true.
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One thing I’ve learned is that I’m not the owner of my talent; I’m the manager of it.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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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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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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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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There’s no borderline for the things that I can say, do, and create.
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