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Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.

Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.

Madonna Ciccone
Destroyed

May the angels protect you, and sadness forget you.

Madonna Ciccone
Sadness, Angel, May

I do think of myself as a queen, but I don't think I'm the only queen. There's room for other queens. We reign over different kingdoms.

Madonna Ciccone
Queens, Thinking, Different
Source: www.independent.ie

On any given night, catch me on the floor, working up a sweat, that’s what music’s for.

Madonna Ciccone
Night, Sweat, Given

As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.

Madonna Ciccone
Heart, Artist, Soul

Art can heal it if art is allowed to exist. And if art is slowly wiped off the face of the planet, then what tools do we have to reach people, to appeal to them and all of their senses?

Madonna Ciccone
Art, People, Tools

I don't have a religion because I don't like that word religion.

Madonna Ciccone
Source: www.nbcnews.com

Straight men need to be emasculated.... Every straight guy should have a man's tongue in his mouth at least once.

Madonna Ciccone
Men, Should Have, Guy

I am a survivor. I am like a cockroach, you just can't get rid of me.

Madonna Ciccone
Cockroaches, Survivor

People have no morals, I swear to God. The things that people do for ratings! It's unforgivable.

Madonna Ciccone
Swear To God, People, Moral
"Madonna's Moral Crusade". WENN, November 7, 2002.

The fact of the matter is that you can use your beauty and use your charm and be flirtatious, and you can get people interested in your beauty. But you cannot maintain that. In the end, talent is the only thing. My work is the only thing that's going to change any minds.

Madonna Ciccone
People, Mind, Use

I feel just as hungry today as I did the day I left home.

Madonna Ciccone
Home, Feels Just, Today
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.

Madonna Ciccone
Ambitious, Would Be, Monstrosity

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.

Madonna Ciccone
Struggle, Character, Thinking

I came to the realization that a strong female is frightening to everybody, because all societies are male-dominated, black societies, poor people, rich people, any racial group, they're all dominated by men. A strong female is going to threaten everybody across the board...

Madonna Ciccone
Strong, Men, People
Spin Magazine, January 1996.

I didn't really give a sh** what's going on in the rest of the world. I just didn't. I just wanted to focus on me, me, me, my career, my life, just me - blinders.

Madonna Ciccone
Careers, Giving, Focus
Source: www.nbcnews.com

I think all of us make the mistake of thinking we're going to change people when we get together. But we're not. People are who they are. And people change in their own time.

Madonna Ciccone
Mistake, Thinking, People
Source: www.independent.ie

Sure, having my pictures taken in the nude and doing things that I did got me in the door but it didn't keep me in the room. To have lasted as long as I've lasted, obviously, I have to have something more going for me.

Madonna Ciccone
Taken, Doors, Long

Fame can be very disruptive. It can be like a drug. It gives you the feeling that you're happy, it gives you the feeling of self-importance, it gives you the feeling of fullfilment; but it can distract you from what is really important.

Madonna Ciccone
Self, Giving, Drug
"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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.

Madonna Ciccone
Dream, Stars, Wanted
"Madonna Live: The Virgin Tour". Documentary, www.imdb.com. November 13, 1985.

I worked for everything that I got and I worked long and hard before I got to this point so when I got it I thought I deserve it.

Madonna Ciccone
Long, Hard, Deserve

One of the many things I learned from all of this: If you aren't willing to fight for what you believe in, then don't even enter the ring.

Madonna Ciccone
Believe, Fighting, Rings

I'm not a reluctant pop star. I'm very grateful and happy for everything that I have and for things when they go well. On the other hand, I've had enough of the other side to know that if it doesn't, I will survive that and life goes on.

Madonna Ciccone
Stars, Grateful, Hands
Source: www.theguardian.com

I hope I will always have the ability to create art and live in a world where I can speak freely, and I can inspire people. I don't know what form that will take.

Madonna Ciccone
Art, People, Inspire
Source: www.independent.ie

We live in a world where people like to pit women against each other. And this is why I love the idea of embracing other females who are doing what I'm doing. It's important for us to support each other.

Madonna Ciccone
Ideas, People, Support
Source: www.independent.ie

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