The idea of service to humanity, putting yourself in situations where people have much less than you do, puts life in perspective.
MADONNA CICCONEAll you need is your own imagination. So use it that’s what it’s for.
More Madonna Ciccone Quotes
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I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
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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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Effeminate men intrigue me more than anything in the world. I see them as my alter egos. I feel very drawn to them. I think like a guy, but I’m feminine. So I relate to feminine men.
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Elvis Presley? He’s God.
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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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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
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Hollywood, how can it hurt you when it looks so good?
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They’re only words, unless they’re true.
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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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There is a very modest side to me too. How far away from me is the image? It’s about 20 steps away.
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As much good as it does, social media can also encourage stupidity and degradation.
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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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I was a buffoon and an idiot until the age of forty
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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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