“A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.”
— Madonna
“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.”
“I’m tough, I’m ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”
“Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.”
“Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.”
“If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.”
“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.”
“No one knows you better than you know yourself. Do the thing you want. Don’t wait for someone else.”
“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.”
“Set your goals high and go far. Don’t put off tomorrow what you can do today.”
“Express yourself, don’t repress yourself.”
“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. ”
“The self-confidence one builds from achieving difficult things and accomplishing goals is the most beautiful thing of all.”
“Nothing really matters; love is all we need.”
“You’re frozen when your heart’s not open.”
“I don’t care if you hate me or love me, as long as I make you think.”
“If you want to change the world, change yourself.”
“We all need to treat each other with human dignity and respect.”
“The essence of femininity is to absolutely love being a woman.”
“If you want something bad enough the whole world conspires to help you get it.”
“Don’t just stand there let’s get to it. Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it.”
“I’ll rest when I’m dead. I’m hungry and life is short!”
“When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray.”
“Its boring not to take risks.”
“I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.”
“There’s no greater power than the power of good-bye.”
“Don’t go for second best. Put your love to the test.”
“Freedom comes when you learn to let go, creation comes when you learn to say ‘no’”
“If we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate, just one day out of life, it would be, it would be so nice.”
“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.”
“Why did I want to break all the rules? Because the rules didn’t make sense, that’s why.”
“Never forget to dream.”
“I want to be like Gandhi and Martin Luther King and John Lennon but i want to STAY ALIVE.”
“Yoga is a metaphor for life. You have to take it really slowly. You can’t rush. You can’t skip to the next position. You find yourself in very humiliating situations, but you can’t judge yourself. You just have to breathe, and let go. It is a workout for your mind, your body and your soul.”
“I must confess that I am usually drawn to sadness, and loneliness has never been a stranger to me. But love tried to welcome me, but my soul drew back, guilty of lust and sin.”
“I don’t give a damn if I go to hell. I love you Satan. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.”
“I am not reinventing myself. I am going through the layers and revealing myself. I am on a journey, an adventure that’s constantly changing shape.”
“This will be a revolution of inquiring further, of not worrying about winning other people’s approval, of not wishing you were someone else but perfectly content to be who you are. Someone unique, and rare, and fearless. I want to start a revolution of love.”
“We are living in a material world and I’m a material girl.”
“I am a survivor. I am like a cockroach, you just can’t get rid of me.”
“You only see what your eyes want to see. How can life be what you want it to be?”
“Happiness lies in your own hand.”
“There’s a certain satisfaction in a little bit of pain.”
“Like a virgin, touched for the very first time.”
“If it’s bitter at the start, then it’s sweeter in the end.”
“A good relationship is a competition of generosity.”
“I’m not a feminist, I’m a humanist.”
“If the land of make believe is inside your heart it will never leave.”
“Only when I’m dancing can I feel this free.”
“Girls can wear jeans and cut their hair short, wear shirts and boots cause it’s okay to be a boy. But for a boy to look like a girl is degrading cause you think being a girl is degrading.”
“One is that we are all responsible for our actions, our behavior, and our words, and we must take responsibility for everything we say and do. I am the architect of my destiny. You can’t blame other people for things that happened to you.”
“I am because we are. We all bleed the same color. We all want to love and be loved.”
“Nothing cheers a girl up like SHOPPING!”
“Tell me love isn’t true, it’s just something that we do.”
“I don’t take drugs. I never did. All the feelings that drugs are supposed to produce in you – confidence or energy – I can produce naturally.”
“I ran to the forest, I ran to the trees. I ran and I ran, I was looking for me.”
“I want the good life, but I don’t want an easy ride. What I want is to work for it, feel the blood and sweat on my fingertips.”
“Cosmic systems intertwine, astral bodies drip like wine, all of nature ebbs and flows. Comets shoot across the sky, can’t explain the reasons why, this is how creation goes.”
“I was thinking about dying the other day the death thought came while I was sitting on the toilet peeing – that’s where I have my most contemplative thoughts.”
“When I came to New York it was the first time I’d ever taken a plane, the first time I’d ever gotten a taxi-cab, the first time for everything. And I came here with 35 dollars in my pocket. It was the bravest thing I’d ever done.”
“Crucifixes are sexy because there’s a naked man on them.”
“I have had many challenges in my life, including some very big ones when I was young and I’ve learned a lot of valuable lessons along the way. I have seen life from just about every angle you can see it from.”
“I think you can be defiant and rebellious and still be strong and positive.”
“Strong women leave big hickies.”
“Beauty’s where you find it; not just where you bump and grind it.”
“I wouldn’t say I wanna conquer the world anymore. But I want to be a part of making the world a better place. I want to inspire people and I wanna be part of the solution.”
“Manipulating people, that’s what I’m good at.”
“Having money is just the best thing in the world.”
“You have to reinvent to stay fresh, to stay in the game.”
“I didn’t set out to write certain kinds of songs – I just set out to write good songs.”
“Who needs a smile when a tear’s so full of love?”
“I always acted like a star long before I was one.”
“Sick and perverted always appeals to me.”
“Hand fits giving, so do it, that’s what the Gospel said to me. Life fits living, so let your judgments go.”
“I’m not going to compromise my artistic integrity.”
“Isn’t everyone just travelling down their own road watching the signs as they go?”
“When my world seems to crumble all around, and foolish people try to bring me down, I just think of your smile face, and I’m flying.”
“All you need is your own imagination. So use it that’s what it’s for.”
“Britney Spears became my talisman. I became obsessed with wearing Britney T-shirts. I felt it would bring me luck. And it did.”
“May the angels protect you, and sadness forget you.”
“You’ll always be two steps behind me.”
“I fear the future I wish for my children is at risk, so I’m taking action. Please join me...”
“Not only does society suffer from racism and sexism but it also suffers from ageism. Once you reach a certain age you’re not allowed to be adventurous, you’re not allowed to be sexual. I mean, is there a rule? Are you supposed to just die?”
“Truth is never far behind.”
“Sometimes you want to go for a walk and you don’t want to be watched. You just want to be anonymous and blend in. Especially when I travel, I feel that way, because I can’t really go out and see a city the way other people can and I miss out on a lot.”
“I suffered fools so gladly.”
“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?”
“I became an overachiever to get approval from the world...”
“Publicly humiliating someone for your own gain will only come and haunt you. God’s going to have his revenge.”
“Filmmaking is such a collaboration. At a certain point, I suppose you do have to let go and trust the people you’re working with.”
“People who have nothing better to do than talk about my hair color have no lives.”
“I believe what I practice has to do with something deeper than religion, that it embodies all religions, including Judaism. And Christianity. And Islam.”
“I wouldn’t have turned out the way I was if I didn’t have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against.”
“One set of circumstances does not complete you. Maybe nothing ever does. So you work on your life and you work on your ‘work’ and you try to live every single day like it’s your last. And you try to be better, to yourself and to others. I don’t always succeed. But I try and it’s my goal.”
“Elvis Presley? He’s God.”
“I think most children who are adopted ultimately want to meet their biological parents and often do. I think that is an important journey for children who are adopted to go on.”
“The world is not so kind, people trap your mind.”
“To me punk rock is thinking outside of the box, outside of the program, outside the establishment.”
“I don’t think I have to introduce myself, unless you don’t recognize me with my clothes on.”
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