A Quote by Madonna Ciccone
Raising kids makes most people, including me, grow up at least a little.
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Do I worry about being in the public eye and raising kids? Yeah. Any situation you're in, you're gonna worry about raising kids. But it's champagne problems, too. There are people who can't feed their kids.
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