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The only way we know we love ourselves and the people in our life is by the agreements we are willing to make and keep

The only way we know we love ourselves and the people in our life is by the agreements we are willing to make and keep

Madonna Ciccone
Agreement, People, Way

I believe in freedom of expression, I don't believe in censorship.

Madonna Ciccone
Believe, Expression, Censorship
Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

I like film soundtracks. I like the soundtracks better than the movies.

Madonna Ciccone
Film, Soundtracks
Source: www.theguardian.com

Suffering is a big informer, a big catalyst for creation. You take your sadness, your despair, your sense of injustice, and you put it in your work.

Madonna Ciccone
Sadness, Suffering, Despair
Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family.

Madonna Ciccone
Strong, Believe, Love Yourself

Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it, Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it...

Madonna Ciccone
Art, Media, Entertainment
"Song: Vogue (I'm Breathless)". March 27, 1990.

Happiness lies in your own hand

Madonna Ciccone
Lying, Hands

What is the big deal about Eminem? Since when is offensive language a reason for being unpopular? I like the fact that Eminem is brash and angry and politically incorrect. At least he has an opinion. He's stirring things up. He's provoking a discussion. He's making people's blood boil. He's reflecting what's going on in society right now. That is what art is supposed to do.

Madonna Ciccone
Art, Blood, People

Who needs the sun, when the rain is so full of life?

Madonna Ciccone
Philosophy, Rain, Needs

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
Men, Thinking, Make You Think

I guess some people are brilliant enough to be brilliant on their own and never doubt anything and come up with fabulous things. But I think it's good to get into arguments with people and have them say, 'That sucks' or 'You're crazy' or 'That's cheesy' or 'What do you think of this?'

Madonna Ciccone
Crazy, Thinking, People
Interview with Gus Van Sant, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 3, 2010.

I have my work and my faith... If that's boring to some people, I can't tell you how much I don't care.

Madonna Ciccone
People, Care, Boring

Having children made me go down a road of serious introspection and self-examination. I think it's informed and hopefully enhanced my creativity.

Madonna Ciccone
Children, Creativity, Thinking
Source: www.theguardian.com

Sometimes I look back at myself and remember things I used to say, or my hairstyle, and I cringe.

Madonna Ciccone
Looks, Remember, Sometimes

I really want to see everything. If it's around me and it's part of my show, I need to be a part of all of it. From the creation of the music, to the surface of the floor, to everyone's hairstyle, to the details with the buttons and the bows and the snaps and the zippers. All of those things!

Madonna Ciccone
Zippers, Buttons, Details
Source: www.independent.ie

When you're 25, it's a little bit easier to be daring, especially if you are a pop star, because eccentric behavior is expected from you.

Madonna Ciccone
Stars, Littles, Eccentric

Hanging a noose on my door reeks of cowardice and fear on many, many levels.

Madonna Ciccone
Doors, Levels, Cowardice

Some people are medicating themselves all the time so that they don't have to embrace themselves. If you can't feel, you can't embrace.

Madonna Ciccone
People, Embrace, Feels
Source: www.independent.ie

I try to have thick skin, but every once in a while I read something that someone says about me, and it's so slanderous and moralistic and it has nothing to do with my music.

Madonna Ciccone
Skins, Trying, Thick Skin

The self-confidence one builds from achieving difficult things and accomplishing goals is the most beautiful thing of all.

Madonna Ciccone
Beautiful, Confidence, Self

Start saving your pennies now. People spend $300 on crazy things all the time, things like handbags. So work all year, scrape the money together, and come to my show. I’m worth it.

Madonna Ciccone
Crazy, Years, People

There's no law that says that you cannot be a spiritual person and a sexual person. In fact, if you have the right consciousness, sex is like a prayer. It can be a divine experience. So why do they have to be disassociated with one another?

Madonna Ciccone
Spiritual, Sex, Prayer
Source: www.independent.ie

Nos are just as valuable as yeses in the game of life. In fact, they're essential.

Madonna Ciccone
Games, Essentials, Facts
Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

I worship F. Scott Fitzgerald and I love his writing.

Madonna Ciccone
Writing, Scott Fitzgerald, Worship
Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

I wanted to know why people follow rules blindly, or why girls had to act a certain way and boys didn't. Why could boys ask girls out and girls not ask guys out? Why did girls have to shave their legs and guys didn't? Why did society, like, set everything up the way they did? My whole adolescence was full of unanswered whys. Because they never got answered, I just kept lighting fires everywhere - metaphorically speaking.

Madonna Ciccone
Girl, Boys, Fire
Source: www.independent.ie

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