I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.
ELLEN DEGENERESMy 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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I would love for the world to be happier.
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When there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
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I have a great career, and I have wonderful fans who really are supportive and loyal – because I’m not hiding anything from them.
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There would be nothing to get me to run for president. I don’t even understand how anyone would want that job at all. Although I would be able to play golf which I don’t seem to have time now.
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I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.
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Procrastination isn’t the problem. It’s the solution. It’s the universe’s way of saying stop, slow down, you move too fast.
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We’re just trying to find happiness in the bodies and minds we were given, like everyone else.
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I was raised in an atmosphere of ‘everything’s fine.’ But as I got older, I was like, ‘Well no, everything’s not fine. There is stuff that’s sad.’ I am a really sensitive person. I think I am too sensitive sometimes.
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Stuffed deer heads on walls are bad enough, but it’s worse when you see them wearing dark glasses, having streamers around their necks and a hat on their antlers. Because then you know they were enjoying themselves at a party when they were shot.
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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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So, I bought a new CD and I was trying to get it open but couldn’t with all the layers… I mean plastic and then tape, and the tape is like government tape. It says ‘open here.’ Is that sarcasm?
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People give me such a hard time because I don’t wear dresses. What’s that got to do with anything?
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I get my dance moves from just moving around and listening to music and not really worrying about if it’s perfect or not.
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I became vegan because I saw footage of what really goes on in the slaughterhouses and on the dairy farms.
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I think gender plays a part in most things, but I don’t know how it would be different because I’ve never been a man. And my fame is different from Nicole Kidman’s or Sharon Stone’s. I think everybody’s fame is different.
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