美國流行樂天后瑪丹娜縱橫娛樂圈近40年,儘管她已年過半百,卻不改大膽作風、且唱歌、跳舞或罵人依舊是活力十足!她不僅對孩子的教育方針有獨到見解,在她擁有許多與眾不同的經歷後,對自己的人生也很有想法。現在就讓我們來聽聽她是用什麼態度,在這難以生存的娛樂圈和社會上立足的…
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【關於人生】
“I’m not saying I’m great at failing, but if you’re an artist and you’re into the learning process, you accept that you’re going to suck at things.”
「我並不是說有多能坦然面對失敗,但今天只要你是個藝人,只要你是不斷在學習的,你就必須要接受自己對於某些事本來就不是多在行。」
“Better to live one year as a tiger, than a hundred as a sheep.”
「寧為一年虎(掌控自己的人生),不做百年羊(仰賴他人決定)。」
“If your joy is derived from what society thinks of you, you're always going to be disappointed.”
「如果你的快樂是來自於這個社會對你的評價,那麼你會感到失望的。」
“I laugh at myself. I don't take myself completely seriously. I think that's another quality that people have to hold on to... you have to laugh, especially at yourself.”
「我嘲笑自己,我不會把自己搞得太嚴肅。我覺得這是人們要有的一種能力--學會笑,尤其是笑自己。」
【關於更好的自己】
“You don’t want to be the smartest person in the room; you want to be the dumbest in the room. You want to be surrounded by other thinking people who are going to say something that makes you think, 'Oh, my God, that's an amazing idea. Why didn't I think of that.’”
「你不會想要成為最聰明的人,要當就當最笨的人!你會想要被腦筋轉不停的人圍繞著,他們的每一句話也會讓你的腦袋開始轉動,然後你就會發現『天啊,那是很棒的想法,為什麼我都沒想到?』」
“If you take everything I do at face value, you're going to be horrified. Or intimidated. Or insulted. Or bored.”
「如果你凡事都要以貌取人,那你會變得很恐怖、讓人害怕、很侮辱人,甚至很無聊!」
“We learn our lessons; we get hurt; we want revenge. Then we realize that actually, happiness and forgiving people is the best revenge.”
「我們學到一個教訓:我們會受傷、也會想要報復。但我們要明白的是,幸福快樂和原諒他人才是最厲害、最棒的報復。」
“We’re all good intrinsically, just covered sometimes in filth and darkness, and our job is to get rid of it, to peel back the layers and reveal our goodness.”
「我們本質上都是好的,只是偶爾會蒙上一層醜陋晦暗,而我們的任務就是把那層迷霧給抹去,並重新展現我們好的那一面。」
【關於身為女人】
“Women, generally, when they reach a certain age, have accepted that they're not allowed to behave a certain way. But I don't follow the rules. I never did, and I'm not going to start.”
「大部分的女人到了一定年紀,就會淡然接受她們不允許展現某些行為的這種規定。但我不會聽從這種規定,我從不聽話,而且我也不打算聽話。」
“I'm tough, I'm ambitious and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, that's okay.”
「我很堅強、我對實現理想有強烈決心,而且我完全知道自己要的是什麼。如果這樣會讓我像個婊子,那就這樣吧。」
瑪丹娜強烈前衛的風格,讓她穩坐流行教母寶座,實際上她也曾經歷許多不為人知的悲慘過去。然而今日的她淬鍊出一道耀眼光芒,給了無數歌迷人生啟發,你是否也在這些話語中重拾生活的勇氣了呢?
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