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Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put. ↗

— Winston Churchill

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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. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#anywhere #because #felt #fit #freak

We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#active #active life #commendation #duties #gives

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

I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#after #aids #been #check #children

I grew up in a high school where it was very conservative, and I felt like people disapproved of me, and I felt like an outsider. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#felt #grew #high #high school #i

My father was very strong. I don't agree with a lot of the ways he brought me up. I don't agree with a lot of his values, but he did have a lot of integrity, and if he told us not to do something, he didn't do it either. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#brought #did #either #father #his

People hear the soul, black influence in my voice. I grew up listening to CKLW and all the black stations like WLBS. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#grew #hear #i #influence #like

What's going to make me happy is going on the court and holding up trophies, singles and doubles. ↗

— Serena Williams

#doubles #going #happy #holding #make

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#benefit #between #each #friendly #friendship