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I am a survivor. I am like a cockroach, you just can't get rid of me.
Madonna Ciccone
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Madonna Ciccone
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 16
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I feel like everybody needs to take a sabbatical and go to Russia and Africa and work in orphanages and really witness true suffering. And then you'll just feel ridiculous for ever complaining about anything. Everybody needs that kind of reality check.
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I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.
Madonna Ciccone
Not only do we suffer from racism and sexism, but we also suffer from ageism. And that is that once you reach a certain age, you're not allowed to be adventurous, you're not allowed to be sexual and I think that's rather hideous. [...] I mean, is there a rule? Are you just supposed to die when you're 40?
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The media is something that affects a lot of people, so you're constantly trying to strike a balance between respecting something and not caring about it.
Madonna Ciccone
Elvis Presley? He's God.
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It's not easy having a good marriage--but I don't want easy. Easy doesn't make you grow. Easy doesn't make you think. I thank God everyday that I am married to a man who makes me think. That's my definition of true love.
Madonna Ciccone
My mother died when I was five, and all I did was sit and cry. I cried and cried and cried all day, until the neighbors went away.
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Only the one that hurts you can make you feel better. Only the one that inflicts pain can take it away
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People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS.
Madonna Ciccone
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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Sexism - you can't be sexy and intelligent. It's not allowed.
Madonna Ciccone
I feel like everything I do makes people feel really uncomfortable.
Madonna Ciccone
Looking at my life, it's very clear to me, I lived so selfishly.
Madonna Ciccone
I like that you have four minutes to zero in on something and evoke a specific feeling and take people on some sort of journey.
Madonna Ciccone
A lot of people saw Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland as persecuted and tragic and vulnerable, and I think a lot of gay men feel that way because of their particular predicament in society and not being accepted completely.
Madonna Ciccone
I wouldn't say I wanna conquer the world anymore. But I want to be a part of making the world a better place. I want to inspire people and I wanna be part of the solution.
Madonna Ciccone
All the criticism is ultimately a blessing in disguise. Because now people know about Malawi [due to the child adoption]. And now people know about the orphans there. And hopefully it's gonna turn around. And a positive is gonna come out of the negative.
Madonna Ciccone
My point of view and philosophy continues to change and grow. As the years go by you go through this evolution.
Madonna Ciccone
Thanks for all the birthday love! I feel like the luckiest girl in the world today!
Madonna Ciccone
The world is not so kind, people trap your mind.
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