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“I wasn’t a hippie or a stoner, so I ended up being the weirdo. I was interested in classical ballet and music, and the kids were quite mean if you were different. I was one of those people that people were mean to. I decided to emphasize my differences. I didn’t shave my legs. I had hair growing under my arms. I refused to wear makeup, or fit the ideal of what a conventionally pretty girl would look like. So of course I was tortured even more. [But it] further validated my superiority, and helped me to survive and say, 'I’m getting out of here, and everyone is a heathen in this school!' " – Madonna to Vanity Fair on her Detroit upbringing.

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