Above all things physical, it is more important to be beautiful on the inside – to have a big hear and an open mind and a spectacular spleen.
ELLEN DEGENERESI used to beat myself up about weight and working out, and no matter what I did I never felt good about myself. I decided to accept myself and know that I am good.
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Quick decision makers are often stuck behind annoying people in line at Starbucks.
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So be who you really are. Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are. Unless you’re a serial killer.
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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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You’re never too old to play. You’re only too old for low-rise jeans.
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I was coming home from kindergarten – well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had been working in a factory for ten years. It’s good for a kid to know how to make gloves.
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I believe one day a ‘ban on gay marriage’ will sound totally ridiculous. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out for equality for all of us.
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It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
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I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness – and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I’m a human trying to make it through in this world.
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Beauty isn’t between a size zero and a size eight, it is not a number at all. It is not physical.
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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 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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When there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
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All the commercials on TV today are for antidepressants, for Prozac or Paxil. And they get you right away. “Are you sad? Do you get stressed, do you have anxiety?” “Yes, I have all those things! I’m alive!”
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I don’t want to get the same looks I give people when they get on a plane holding a baby: “That’s a cute baby, just keep walking, keep walking, keep going, keep going.
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I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.
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There are people who study germs. I believe they are called Germans
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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 glad I’m funny. I’m glad I make people happy, because that’s very important. But I’m proud to be known as a kind person.
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I’m sure there’s somebody out there who doesn’t like Betty White because she’s short and has white hair.
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Beauty is not between a size 0 and a size 8. It’s not a number at all.
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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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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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Dan: ‘Ah, well, I hope this didn’t have anything to do with me.’ Ellen: ‘No, not unless you played Cat Woman in Batman.
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I have an amazing team, I have amazing producers, I have amazing writers, but at the end of it, it’s me making the decisions on the writing, the tone, the editing.
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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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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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