Madonna Ciccone Quotes — Page 29

Singer

Grateful

“And, it seems like a whole new generation of kids have discovered his genius and are bringing him to life again. I hope that wherever Michael is right now he is smiling about this. Yes, Michael Jackson was a human being but he was a king. Long live the king.”

Long Kids Kings

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Singer

Creative

“Who is my role model and how long can I keep this going? I just move around and do different things and come back to music, try making films and come back to music, write children's books and come back to music.”

Children Book Moving

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Calm

“Sleeping is the most difficult part of what I do, relaxing afterwards. Letting things go.”

Sleep Difficult

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Motivated

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

Night Given

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Rebellious

“I keep telling everyone that I want to start a revolution but no one is taking me seriously. If I had black skin and an afro, would you take me seriously? If I was an Arab waving a hand grenade, would you take me seriously?”

Hands Black Skins

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Melancholic

“On the one hand, the idea of marriage and the sort of traditional family life repulses me. But on the other hand, I long for it, you know what I mean? I'm constantly in conflict with things. And it is because of my past and my upbringing and the journey that I've been on.”

Mean Past Journey

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Determined

“You have to reinvent to stay fresh, to stay in the game”

Games

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Spiritual

“When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray.”

Praying Knees

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Angry

“Economic markets are collapsing. People all over the world are suffering and people afraid. What happens when peep are afraid? They become intolerant.”

People World Suffering

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Inspired

“I've been inspired by films since I started dancing, and I'm married to a filmmaker, and I think it was one of my secret desires, but I was afraid to just say, 'I want to be a director'. But then one day I said, O.K., stop dreaming and do it. But I didn't want to do it the Hollywood way, and talk through agents. I decided it all had to be generated by me, so I wrote it.”

Thinking Dream Dancing

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Inspired

“We live in a very scary time. Or should I say we don't live at all.”

Should Scary

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Rebellious

“I like pushing the envelope. But I don't like to do it just for the sake of doing it.”

Sake Pushing

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