Great love, like great genius, can never be a duty: both are life's gracious gifts to its elect.


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ELLEN DEGENERES
The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens....
ELLEN DEGENERES
We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with eac...
ELLEN GOODMAN
to love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everything you've held d...
ELLEN BASS
I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I...
ELLEN DEGENERES
Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer.
ELLEN DEGENERES
I'm just saying we can all work on our manners. We can say please and thank you. We can be punctual....
ELLEN DEGENERES
Above all things physical, it is more important to be beautiful on the inside - to have a big hear a...
ELLEN DEGENERES
Life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The thing everyone should reali...
ELLEN DEGENERES
It always helps to think about other people instead of ourselves.
ELLEN DEGENERES
If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you.
ELLEN DEGENERES
If your Birthday is on Christmas day and you're not Jesus, you should start telling people your birt...
ELLEN DEGENERES
You just have to keep driving down the road. It's going to bend and curve and you'll speed up and sl...
ELLEN DEGENERES
Haiku sounds like I'm
Saying hi to someone named
Ku. Hi, Ku. Hello.
ELLEN DEGENERES
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions:
Yes.
Yes.
No.
One time in high school. ELLEN DEGENERES
Contribute to the world. Help people. Help one person. Help someone cross the street today. Help som...
ELLEN DEGENERES
Now,I'm no scientist,but I know what endorphins are. They're tiny little magical elves that swim thr...
ELLEN DEGENERES
The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yours...
ELLEN DEGENERES
So be who you really are. Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are. Unless y...
ELLEN DEGENERES
Who's to say what's better or worse anyway? Who's to even say what's normal or average? We're all di...
ELLEN DEGENERES
Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don't ev...
ELLEN DEGENERES
Leaning forward in your chair when someone is trying to squeeze behind you isn't enough. You also ha...
ELLEN DEGENERES
Way, way back in the day, like in the 1990s, if you wanted to tell everyone you ate waffles for brea...
ELLEN DEGENERES
I wonder what will happen if i put a hand cream on my feet, will they get confused and start clappin...
ELLEN DEGENERES
I personally like being unique. I like being my own person with my own style and my own opinions and...
ELLEN DEGENERES
It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.
ELLEN DEGENERES
It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
ELLEN DEGENERES
Find out who you are and figure out what you believe in. Even if it's different from what your neigh...
ELLEN DEGENERES
What’s not so great is that all this technology is destroying our social skills. Not only have we ...
ELLEN DEGENERES
True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is ab...
ELLEN DEGENERES
Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.
ELLEN DEGENERES
When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when...
ELLEN DEGENERES
My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the c...
ELLEN DEGENERES
Laugh. Laugh as much as you can. Laugh until you cry. Cry until you laugh. Keep doing it even if peo...
ELLEN DEGENERES
This time when we kiss, I feel it in the pit of my stomach, I feel it in my heart. And I realize lov...
ELLEN HOPKINS
If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should u...
ELLEN DEGENERES
I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful ...
ELLEN DEGENERES