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.
MADONNA CICCONEI love the art form, but working in film can be a disheartening experience.
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Catholicism is not a soothing religion. It’s a painful religion. We’re all gluttons for punishment.
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Elvis Presley? He’s God.
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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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On any given night, catch me on the floor, working up a sweat, that’s what music’s for.
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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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If you don’t vote, you’re going to get a spanking.
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Strong women leave big hickies
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People 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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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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I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
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As much good as it does, social media can also encourage stupidity and degradation.
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There’s no borderline for the things that I can say, do, and create.
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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.
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We all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect
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