I was doing stand-up at a restaurant and there was a chalkboard on the street out front. It said, Soup of the Day: Cream of Asparagus. Ellen DeGeneres.
ELLEN DEGENERESWhy is it that when you wipe up dust its called dusting but when you wipe up a spill its not called spilling? Just something to think about.
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When I decided to have my character on the show come out, I knew I was going to have to come out, too. I never wanted to be the lesbian actress. I never wanted to be the spokesperson for the gay community. Ever. I did it for my own truth.
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I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.
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I don’t consider myself an interviewer as much as an entertainer.
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This is my real secret to being a joyful person: I make my life easy. I spend more time being grateful for what I have instead of focusing on what isn’t working. I no longer believe that people have to do things my way and that I have to be perfect.
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There are people who study germs. I believe they are called Germans
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You can always tell when the relationship is over. Little things start getting on your nerves, ‘Would you please stop that! That breathing in and out, it’s so repetitious.’
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Do we have to know who’s gay and who’s straight? Can’t we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?
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I cannot imagine not going home to animals. They are the closest thing to God. They don’t harbour resentment.
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Above all, I strive to be the best I can – to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.
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I love furniture. And I thought, why are we not seeing who’s making the cool new coffee table and these new designs that come out?
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We all feel like idiots at one time or another. Even if we feel we’re cool 98 percent of the time, that 2-percent doofus is poised to take over our bodies without any warning.
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You know me. Any excuse to put on a dress.
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I don’t really ever live my life in fear. I really live my life in gratitude and feeling positive for the most part.
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The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give in to peer pressure to try to be something that you’re not.
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My name is Ellen and I’m a vegetarian. Just to add another label to me: I am a lesbian, aquarian and vegetarian. I’ve said it.
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