Ellen DeGeneres quote: "Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because people thought no one would watch it because I'm openly gay."

I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we...
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I would love for the world to be happier.
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I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me...
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So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying i...
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If you're going to be honest with yourself, you have to admit that you go into show business wan...
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The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think peop...
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Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.
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And now I've got to explain the smell that was in there before I went in there. Does that ever happe...
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Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are.
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The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens....
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I'm a godmother, that's a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that's cute, I...
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Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer.
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I'm just saying we can all work on our manners. We can say please and thank you. We can be punctual....
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Above all things physical, it is more important to be beautiful on the inside - to have a big hear a...
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Life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The thing everyone should reali...
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It always helps to think about other people instead of ourselves.
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If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you.
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If your Birthday is on Christmas day and you're not Jesus, you should start telling people your birt...
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You just have to keep driving down the road. It's going to bend and curve and you'll speed up and sl...
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Haiku sounds like I'm
Saying hi to someone named
Ku. Hi, Ku. Hello.
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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...
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Now,I'm no scientist,but I know what endorphins are. They're tiny little magical elves that swim thr...
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The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yours...
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So be who you really are. Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are. Unless y...
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Who's to say what's better or worse anyway? Who's to even say what's normal or average? We're all di...
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Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don't ev...
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Leaning forward in your chair when someone is trying to squeeze behind you isn't enough. You also ha...
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Way, way back in the day, like in the 1990s, if you wanted to tell everyone you ate waffles for brea...
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I wonder what will happen if i put a hand cream on my feet, will they get confused and start clappin...
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I personally like being unique. I like being my own person with my own style and my own opinions and...
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It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.
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It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
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Find out who you are and figure out what you believe in. Even if it's different from what your neigh...
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What’s not so great is that all this technology is destroying our social skills. Not only have we ...
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True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is ab...
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Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.
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When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when...
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My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the c...
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Laugh. Laugh as much as you can. Laugh until you cry. Cry until you laugh. Keep doing it even if peo...
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If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should u...
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I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful ...
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You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She...
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I was doing stand-up at a restaurant and there was a chalkboard on the street out front. It said, So...
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Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
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I was in yoga the other day. I was in full lotus position. My chakras were all aligned. My mind is c...
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Don't give advice. It will come back and bite you in the [butt]. Don't take anyone's advice. So, my ...
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The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhar...
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The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anyb...
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People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant.
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The stand up, everything was accidental. I never grew up and was the class clown and had to get the ...
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People give me such a hard time because I don't wear dresses. What's that got to do with any...
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My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and ...
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Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find...
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I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beauti...
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I don't pay attention to the number of birthdays. It's weird when I say I'm 53. It just ...
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We focus so much on our differences, and that is creating, I think, a lot of chaos and negativity an...
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Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log.
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I think everybody should have the same anger towards the injustice that's happening and the hatr...
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I have sadness in me. I have anger in me. I have heartbreak in me.
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Whatever you define family as, family is just a part of belonging to something that takes care of yo...
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We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to ...
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I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness - and then the other 23 hours a...
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If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one...
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Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the w...
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It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they...
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Things will get easier, people's minds will change, and you should be alive to see it.
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I just want to find somebody special, somebody that I click with.
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We have two dogs, Mabel and Wolf, and three cats at home, Charlie, George and Chairman. We have two ...
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I didn't grow up in a house - we moved a lot, and we always lived in apartments. But we looked a...
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Right before I decided to come out, I went on a spiritual retreat called 'Changing the Inner Dia...
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Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's j...
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I think they should have a Barbie with a buzz cut.
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I'm sure there's somebody out there who doesn't like Betty White because she's short...
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I love kids. But that's such a big commitment. And it seems long-term. It seems like a commitmen...
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I had everything I'd hoped for, but I wasn't being myself. So I decided to be honest about w...
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I like being busy and juggling a lot of things at the same time. I get bored easily, so I need to do...
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I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we'r...
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I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'...
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My father was a first reader in the Christian Science Church, which is similar to being a preacher. ...
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I became vegan because I saw footage of what really goes on in the slaughterhouses and on the dairy ...
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Have you ever heard somebody sing some lyrics that you've never sung before, and you realize you've ...
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I'm so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!
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My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we d...
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I do have ADD and in real life, I'm all over the place and can hardly focus. If we were talking ...
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I still have the shirt I wore my first time on Johnny Carson's show. Only now I use it as a tabl...
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You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an i...
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When I was younger I thought success was something different. I thought, " When I grow up, I want to...
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You have to have funny faces and words, you can't just have words. It is a powerful thing, and I thi...
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What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool at all. I mean, I had a mullet and wore...
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I have the worst memory ever so no matter who comes up to me - they're just, like, 'I can't believe ...
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The way I see it... If you need both of your hands for whatever it is you're doing, then your brain ...
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Really, he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate? I've been getting that since fourth grade. I guess I'm ...
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The good psychic would pick up the phone before it rang. Of course it is possible there was noone on...
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Sometimes when I am driving I get so angry at inconsiderate drivers that I want to scream at them. B...
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I don't need a baby growing inside me for nine months. For one thing, there's morning sickness. If I...
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They say you just stand over there, he'll say thank you and you walk back off and that's what I thou...
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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was s...
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Stuffed deer heads on walls are bad enough, but it's worse when they are wearing dark glasses and ha...
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Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.
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Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution. So procrastinate now, don't put it off.
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My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we d...
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I was coming home from kindergarten--well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had ...
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I gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I keep saying I gotta start working out. It's been ...
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I don't understand the sizes anymore. There's a size zero, which I didn't even know that they had. I...
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For me, it's that I contributed, ... That I'm on this planet doing some good and making people happy...
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I didn't go to college at all, any college, and I'm not saying you wasted your time or money, but lo...
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Life is like one big Mardi Gras. But instead of showing your boobs, show people your brain, and if t...
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Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most.
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Follow your passion. Stay true to yourself. Never follow someone else's path unless you're in the wo...
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People love gossip. It's the biggest thing that keeps the entertainment industry going.
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And we certainly don't have full conversations on cellphones. You know? Usually the reception is so ...
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"I don't understand the sizes anymore. There's a size zero, which I didn't even know that they had. ...
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I just feel like every kid is growing up too fast and they're seeing too much. Everything is abo...
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I was coming home from kindergarten - well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had...
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its like picking your least favorite color of the rainbow
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I have a great career, and I have wonderful fans who really are supportive and loyal - because I'...
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Our egos tells us we're the only ones that have any kind of feelings. We're the only ones with a rel...
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People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant.
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And be sure to look for me next month when I host the North Korean Peoples Choice Awards.
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We've quit our agents, let go of our publicist. We're selling our house and leaving town.
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Soap Talk.
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There are a million people who are refugees, ... Life goes on, and if it didn't impact you directly,...
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[I went to a] coffee shop here and the smallest coffee is a tall... "I need a coffee with a side of ...
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I didn't want the Web site to be impersonal and I wanted to interact with people, ... The hammer and...
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"Here's the analogy. If my body were a car, I'd be thinking about trading it in around now. I would ...
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Oh she tripped?....Nooo, she's running. I thought she tripped but she's running. She stopped running...
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Friends will write me letters. They run out of room on the front of the letter. They write 'over' on...
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[Golden eagles have an interesting way of mating, where they connect in the air while flying at eigh...
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I think people talk too much anyway. Sometimes people are talking to me and in my mind I'm just like...
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I collect old portraits. They're all just interesting pictures of people, and you just kind of w...
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Faith is part of who I am, yes. I was raised Christian Scientist. The most important thing I saw eve...
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I do fantasize about having my own shop one day.
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But seriously, I think overall in the scheme of things winning an Emmy is not important. Let's g...
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Just go up to somebody on the street and say "You're it!" and just run away.
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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. The...
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If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one...
ELLEN DEGENERES

...if you want to add a little spice to your life, plant some dill. And learn to salsa.
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I'm a lesbian, an Aquarian, and a vegetarian.
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I do like men and I had, you know, a guy in high school that I wanted to marry desperately. He's...
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When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistaken...
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Dan: 'Ah, well, I hope this didn't have anything to do with me.'

Ellen: 'No, not unless y...
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My aunt has lost everything, she has nothing. She grabbed four pictures out of her house. She's lost...
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My dad is still Christian Scientist. My mom's not, and I'm not. But I believe in God, and th...
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Procrastinate now, don't put it off.
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"I feel like I have a hangover, without all the happy memories and mystery bruises." ELLEN DEGENERES

"I think people talk too much anyway. Sometimes people are talking to me and in my mind I'm just lik...
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I'm probably the most honest person you'll ever meet - to a fault, like, I-will-hurt-your-fe...
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Hosting the Oscars is pretty much the scariest thing you can do. To me, this is right up there with ...
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I would say 'no'! It's such a thankless job. If you do great, nobody mentions it. If you don't, ever...
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I think I let go of the need for approval,
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I think I let go of the need for approval, ... It certainly feels good when you get it, but I used t...
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But seriously, I think overall in the scheme of things winning an Emmy is not important. Let's get o...
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"I see those picketers, and I think you know, if I weren't a loving, non-violent, spiritual person, ...
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The sixties were when hallucinogenic drugs were really, really big. And I don't think it's a coincid...
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"I swear if Colgate comes out with one more type of toothepaste. I just want clean teeth that's all ...
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Why is it that when you wipe up dust its called dusting but when you wipe up a spill its not called ...
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You should never assume. You know what happens when you assume. You make an ass out of you and me be...
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The problem with labels is that they lead to stereotypes and stereotypes lead to generalizations and...
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I was coming home from kindergarten - well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had...
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Don't hold onto things, it will only bring you pain.
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That's what life is all about. There's a lot of crying. So you'd better cry now and get used to it.
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The only way a no-legged leopard could hurt you is if it fell out of a tree onto your head.
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I still get scared at night. Every tiny creak, every little noise, I open my eyes real wide and list...
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[• Ellen DeGeneres , who was praised for her graceful performance as host of the Emmy Awards that ...
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We'll go see some theater, and we'll hang out and do some stuff there. We'll go to clubs, ... Ellen ...
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I was doing stand-up at a restaurant and there was a chalkboard on the street out front. It said, ''...
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I feel sorry for the newscasters you know? We can turn it off. But that's their job and they have to...
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"I'm feeling so good. I feel like a million bucks. I'm focused, I'm alert, I'm zippy and top of my g...
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Come on, if you don't win tonight it doesn't mean you're not a good person, it just means you're not...
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You know me. Any excuse to put on a dress.
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"I feel like I have a hangover, without all the happy memories and mystery bruises."
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I'm on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave it, ...
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Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that...
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Hello?..Oh, hi Tom. Ooh, I've been dying to see that movie...Mmm no, I just opened up some yogurt. I...
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It's definitely a heterosexual feeling, but it's directed at you.
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Yeah [I'm thirty-six], but on the show I'm thirty-two. Nobody wants to watch a thirty-six year old w...
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I was raised around heterosexuals, as all heterosexuals are, that's where us gay people come from......
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The first house I bought was a little Spanish bungalow on Clinton Street in West Hollywood, right be...
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I'm on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave ...
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It's not like I grew up playing pranks on people, and I was not that girl in school.
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I just like observing people - it's something I've done ever since I was a kid, and I got re...
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Yeah I'm thirty-six, but on the show I'm thirty-two. Nobody wants to watch a thirty-six year...
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Anne wrote it for me and directed, so I was stuck with it, ... We always got along. It's almost gros...
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New Orleans is my hometown, and our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected.
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I've been trying to find women writers for my staff for a while now and I have three women on my...
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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, ‘Let there be light!’ And there was light. There w...
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I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot. I've started a record label, so I get to nurture new ...
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I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.
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I've moved about 10 times over the past 15 years. I don't move for the sole purpose of getti...
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The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime...
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Stuffed deer heads on walls are bad enough, but it’s worse when you see them wearing dark glasses,...
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Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. It is the universe's way of saying stop, slo...
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Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen ...
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Our attention span is shot. We've all got Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD or OCD or one of these d...
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You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She...
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I would love to have the same rights as everybody else. I would love, I don't care if it's c...
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I'm grateful for everything. I'm grateful for my health, and I'm so grateful for the lov...
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I say always follow your passion, no matter what, because even if it's not the same financial su...
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There would be nothing to get me to run for president. I don't even understand how anyone would ...
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Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because people thought no one would watch it because I'm openly gay.

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Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because people thought no one would watch it because I'm openly gay.

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