I just like observing people – it’s something I’ve done ever since I was a kid, and I got really good at it. That’s a big part of why I became a comedian. My audience is filled with every kind of person you can imagine, and I love that.
ELLEN DEGENERESWhen there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
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I hope I make people feel better. I hope I take people out of their situations a little bit and make them happier. That’s really why I do what I do.
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What goes up must come down, which is why I don’t wear tube tops.
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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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I’m a godmother, that’s a great thing to be, a godmother. She calls me god for short, that’s cute, I taught her that.
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A circus! 100 clowns of injustice have climbed out of the tiny clown car of this court room.
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One rough patch is not the big picture.
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I prefer to believe that people are good and honest and respect me enough to tell me the truth. It’s not easy to find those people all the time, but they’re out there.
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Emote. It’s okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.
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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.
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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 a good actor.
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Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.
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My dog of 17 years just died. Oh you’re kidding?… Noooo… as funny as that is, I’m not
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We can sit and worry about what’s going to happen to us two weeks from now. I’d rather focus on the amazing things happening right in front of us.
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The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself.
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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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