“I love horses. I think I may have been one of Henry VIII’s knights in another life, riding through a great forest.”

— Madonna

The wit and wisdom of Madonna, Digital Spy, 2008-08-15 http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a119799/the-wit-and-wisdom-of-madonna.html,

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