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Song · 1986 · Pop

Live to Tell

1986

★ 6.0 editorial score

Leonard wrote it as a film instrumental that Paramount passed on; Madonna added the words and kept her demo vocal.

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Genre

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Deception Survival

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Quote · 1791

“You will laugh when you learn that I thought nothing of deceiving idiots, scoundrels and fools when I needed to do so. As for my deceptions of women, these are not of the sort to be tallied, since when love has a hand in things, each party usually dupes the other.”

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Book · 200 BC

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