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" In the '50s, critics used to say I had a 'dangerous' act. "

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" Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things. "

Material Things

" In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker. "

" I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly. "

" I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans. "

" Orson Welles was one of these people who was defying everything the doctors told him he wasn't supposed to be doing. He was really enjoying himself when he was eating what he wanted to eat. "

" I have to keep testing myself. "

" I was considered an ugly duckling. "

" Innocence is one of the most exciting things in the world. "

" My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don't like some of the things the government is doing. "

" I am the original 'Material Girl.' "

" When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business. "

" I was a street dancer. "

" I never take anything for granted. I may slip any minute. "

" I fight for other people better than I fight for myself. "

" My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions. "

" I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer. "

" We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant. "

" I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut. "

" I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil. "

" Maybe subconsciously I feel I was meant to work hard for a living. "

" You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words. "

" The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that. "

" Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection. "

" Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did. "

" I was given away. If your mother gives you away, you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away. "

" I love to tease men with my legs. "

" People in general are used to seeing me as the naughty girl because that's what they've always cast me as. "