I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
Madonna CicconeRead
I've never really lived a conventional life, so I think it's quite foolish for me or anyone else to start thinking that I am going to start making conventional choices.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the idea of living authentically and rejecting societal norms.
Madonna Ciccone expresses her belief that her unconventional lifestyle has shaped her identity, suggesting that one should not feel pressured to conform to traditional expectations. She reflects on the absurdity of expecting someone who has always chosen a unique path to suddenly start making conventional decisions, highlighting the importance of staying true to oneself.
In practice
Using this quote during a motivational speech about embracing one's true self.
I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
i won't be happy until i'm famous like God
Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it, Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it...
I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art.
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 always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere.
We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.
You will have to go deep into man. From where comes this violence? From where comes this exploitation? From where come all these ego-trips? From where? They all come from unconsciousness. Man lives asleep, man lives mechanically. That mechanism has to be broken, man has to be re-done. That is the religious revolution that has not been tried.
In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.
If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies.
A people armed and free, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition and is a bulwark for the nation against foreign invasion and domestic oppression.
With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.
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