Philosophical Sayings

432 sayings found from the Contemporary era

For some reason, I feel like I never left high school, because I still feel that if you don't fit in, you're going to get your ass kicked. That hasn't really changed for me. I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed t…

— Madonna November 9, 2011
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I never want my children to come to me and say they want to do something because everyone else is doing it. That doesn't interest me at all. You need to tell me your personal reasons about why it will benefit you, what you're going to get out of it, …

— Madonna November 9, 2011
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I find whenever someone writes anything about me, my age is right after my name... It's almost like they're saying, 'Here she is, but remember she's this age, so she's not that relevant anymore.' Or 'Let's punish her by reminding her and everyone els…

— Madonna November 9, 2011
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I have never lived an ordinary life. I think it's stupid for me and for anyone else, I don't think I would have become someone if I had made conventional choices.

— Madonna December 30, 2019 (article published)
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I love being a notable figure in the history of entertainment in some sexual, tragic and comical way. I like to leave the same impression that made Marylin Monroe arouse different feelings in people.

— Madonna December 30, 2019 (article published)
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I said, 'Wait a minute, isn't Price running around with fishnets and high heels and lipstick and his butt hanging out?' Yes. He was. But he was a man. This was the first time I truly understood that women really did not have the same freedom as men.

— Madonna December 9, 2016
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He made me think there were no rules. I was wrong. There are no rules if you're a boy.

— Madonna December 9, 2016
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Life is a paradox and it doesn't make much sense.

— Madonna Approx. 2000s (mentioned in a 2015 Reddit thread, likely from an older song)
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Freedom comes when you learn to let go, creation comes when you learn to say no.

— Madonna Approx. 2000s (mentioned in a 2015 Reddit thread, likely from an older song)
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Nothing takes the past away like the future.

— Madonna 1998 (from the album Ray of Light)
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Only the one that hurts you, can make you feel better.

— Madonna Approx. 2000s (mentioned in a 2015 Reddit thread, likely from an older song)
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If you don't make the choice And you don't use your voice Someone else will speak for you instead.

— Madonna 2015 (from the album Rebel Heart)
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I just I wanted to to make a difference in the world i wanted to be somebody. and um I wanted to be a rebel.

— Madonna Undated (likely older interview)
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I always hated doing what everybody else. did.

— Madonna Undated (likely older interview)
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Revolutions that last don't happen from the top down. They happen from the bottom up.

— Gloria Steinem Approx. 1990s-2000s
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The future depends entirely on what each of us does every day; a movement is only people moving.

— Gloria Steinem Approx. 1970s-2000s
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Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it.

— Gloria Steinem 1992
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We learn most where we know the least.

— Gloria Steinem Approx. 1990s-2000s
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When unique voices are united in a common cause, they make history.

— Gloria Steinem Approx. 1970s-2000s
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We are so different, yet so much the same.

— Gloria Steinem Approx. 1990s-2000s
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