#r

A neighborhood is a residential area that is changing for the worse. ↗

— John Ciardi

#changing #neighborhood #residential #worse

There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#am #believe #better #did #feel

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#conversation #great #silence

Even at 10 or 12, I was a hot, fast little cheerleader. ↗

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

#even #fast #hot #i #little

I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#after #believe #doing #expression #freedom

Be strong, believe in freedom and in God, love yourself, understand your sexuality, have a sense of humor, masturbate, don't judge people by their religion, color or sexual habits, love life and your family. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#believe #color #family #freedom #god

But I love the idea - whether it's in my work or where I live - exploring new frontier, and I like putting myself in strange places and trying to survive and figure things out and gather up an infrastructure. I like knowing that I could figure out a way to live anywhere. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#could #exploring #figure #frontier #gather

A lot of places I go are dangerous, like Tel Aviv or Rio, but that never stops me from going there and putting on a show. I have good security. I don't worry about that. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#aviv #dangerous #go #going #good

As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#artist #feel #heart #i #into

Everybody in our family studied a musical instrument. My father was really big on that. Somehow I only took a year or two of piano lessons and I convinced my father to let me take dancing lessons. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#convinced #dancing #everybody #family #father