Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone) Quotes
I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me. I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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I've always tried to lend my support to worth while causes, and I feel you should use your celebrity to help with worldwide causes and help them gain exposure.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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Oracle is obsessed with security. It's an absolute requirement for all our products. The real security issue is when customers take older products that were not built for the Internet, and kind of rack them and put them on the Internet.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to him with all our soul, our heart, our strength, and so enjoy his light and see his glory and possess the grace of supernatural joy.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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Generally my songs are just some riffs slung together as an excuse for a guitar solo.
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.
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My life has taken me down several different paths I never expected it to take me down. Not in a million years.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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I was 12 when it really hit me. I did children's theatre camp during the summers and played a fairy in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' The next summer, I played Clytemnestra in 'Agamemnon' and I was like, 'OK, this is amazing.'
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I'm a real girly-girl.
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We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
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I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a very positive effect on my work. I think it's an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity - it did for me, certainly.
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After all, didn't I blow a magnificent career?
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My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.
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A double-edged sword One side destroys One releases I am your Gordian knot Will you release or destroy me? Follow truth and you shall: Find me on water Purify me through fire Trapped by earth nevermore Air will whisper to you What spirit already knows: That even shattered anything is possible If you believe Then we shall both be free.
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I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
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Atheism is a religion of death. Though atheists make their own 'meaning' or 'purpose' while alive, ultimately atheism is all meaningless, purposeless, and utterly hopeless.
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I know I'm not the greatest singer or dancer, but that doesn't interest me. I'm interested in being provocative and pushing people's buttons.
