““Deep in my heart I’m concealing things that I’m longing to say. Scared to confess what I’m feeling – frightened you’ll slip away.”
““My father was very strong. I don’t agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don’t agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn’t do it either.”
““Power is being told you’re not loved and not being destroyed by it.”
“In all my work, my thing has always been not to be ashamed of who you are, your body, your physicality, your desires, your sexual fantasies. The reason there is bigotry, sexism, racism, and homophobia is fear. People are afraid of their own feelings, afraid of the unknown and I am saying; don’t be afraid.”
““Better to live one year as a tiger, then a hundred as sheep.” ”
““I have the same goal I’ve had ever since I was a girl. I want to rule the world.”
““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.” ”
““Poor is the man, whose pleasures depend on the permission of another” ”
“Deep in my heart I’m concealing things that I’m longing to say. Scared to confess what I’m feeling – frightened you’ll slip away.”
““Its better to live a goat than 100 sheep.” ”
““My having a child is not for public consumption. It’s not a career move. It’s not a performance to be judged or rated. Nor is my role as a mother.”
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“Don’t play with something you should cherish for life.”
““The last thing I want is to raise a brat. We could definitely go down the wrong road. I don’t want Lola to have everything she wants. I want her to appreciate things, and not to be presumptuous. I want her to have manners and social graces.”
““If I’m smart then I’ll run away, but I’m not so I guess I’ll stay” ”
““Fame is a form of misunderstanding.””
““I’ve never really lived a conventional life, so I think it’s quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.”
“I prefer going through fire rather than bypassing it.”
““People think they will wake up one day and I’ll be gone. But I’m never going away.”
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““I’m not a feminist, I’m a humanist.””
““I am rich and famous. I have a talented and gorgeous husband and two beautiful children. I could go on.”
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“The most important thing in life are children. We see the real world in their eyes.”
“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.”
“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.”
““Deep in my heart I’m concealing things that I’m longing to say. Scared to confess what I’m feeling – frightened you’ll slip away.”
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““I always thought I should be treated like a star.” ”
““i won’t be happy until i’m famous like God” ”
““We all fall to the floor at some point. It’s how you pick yourself up that’s the real challenge. Isn’t it?” ”
““I’d like to think I am taking people on a journey; I am not just entertaining people, but giving them something to think about when they leave.”
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““I went to New York. I had a dream. I wanted to be a big star. I didn’t know anybody. I wanted to dance. I wanted to sing. I wanted to do all those things. I wanted to make people happy. I wanted to be famous. I wanted everybody to love me. I wanted to be a star. I worked really hard and my dream came true.”
““If it’s bitter at the start, then it’s sweeter in the end.” ”
““Only when I’m dancing can I feel this free.”
““I think my biggest flaw is my insecurity. I’m terribly insecure. I’m plagued with insecurities 24/7.”
““I must have been Japanese in a previous life. I’m pretty sure I was a warrioress. I can’t explain it, I just know. I’m good at fighting – fighting with a big sword.”
““No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you’ve come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself.”
““If I was a girl again, I would like to be like my fans, I would like to be like Madonna.”
““Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.”
““I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon but I want to Stay Alive.”
““My priority is my family, absolutely, 100 percent.”
““Children always understand. They have open minds. They have built-in shit detectors.”
““I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”
““Never forget to dream.””
““I’ve been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.”
“We all fall to the floor at some point. It’s how you pick yourself up that’s the real challenge. Isn’t it?””
““Ever since my daughter was born I feel the fleetingness of time. And I don’t want to waste it on getting the perfect lip color”
““I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.”
““I’ve been popular and unpopular successful and unsuccessful loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.”
““I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too.”
““It doesn’t matter what it looked like. What matters is the truth.”” (Mr. Peabody to Tommy)”
“Happiness lies in your own hands.”
““Power without guilt, love without doubt….” ”
““If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you’re always going to be disappointed.” ”
“We are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give.”
““I’m not going to compromise my artistic integrity.”
““Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe.”
““Don’t just stand there let’s get to it. Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it.”
““Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.”
““I am because we are. We all bleed the same color. We all want to love and be loved.” ”
““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.”
““I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”
““I always wished that I could find someone as beautiful as you, but in the process I forgot that I was special too. ”
“Don’t go for second best, put your love to the test.”
“I’ve been popular and unpopular, successful and unsuccessful, loved and loathed and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore I feel free to take whatever risks I want.”
““It’s not my nature to just kick back.”
““We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and forgiving people is the best revenge.”
““I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.”
“If you aren’t willing to fight for what you believe in, then don’t even enter the ring.”
““I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.”
“A lot of people are just really confused by me; they don’t know what to think of me, so they try to compartmentalize me or diminish me. Maybe they just feel unsafe. But any time you have an overtly emotional or irrational, negative reaction to sometime, you’re fearing something it’s bringing up in you.”
““To me, the whole process of being a brush stroke in someone else’s painting is a little difficult”
“Haters who make up rumours and lies are not worth your tears.”
““If I have learned one thing in my life, it is this — just go with it. If you relax, it doesn’t hurt as much,”
““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.”
““I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.”
““In the blink of an eye everything can change! Why waste time?” ”
““I wouldn’t have turned out the way I was if I didn’t have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.”
““A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.”
““A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want.” ”
““At least my cage is filled with light.” ”
““Everyone is entitled to my opinion” ”
““I am because we are. We all bleed the same color. We all want to love and be loved.” ”
““The worst thing about being famous? I think it’s what everybody says…the lack of privacy and the idea that you’re not really allowed to make mistakes and everything that you do is viewed under a microscope.”
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““I think the ultimate challenge is to have some kind of style and grace, even though you haven’t got money, or standing in society, or formal education. I had a very middle, lower-middle class sort of upbringing, but I identify with people who’ve had, at some point in their lives to struggle to survive. It adds another color to your character.”
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““Sick and perverted always appeals to me.” ”
““Only love can last.” ”
““Life is a mystery, everyone must stand alone…” ”
““Beauty is where you find it.” ”
““When I’m hungry, I eat. When I’m thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it.”