I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.
ELLEN DEGENERESAbove 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.
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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 should probably be in on it too.
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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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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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Portia and I have been married for 4 years and they have been the happiest of my life. And in those 4 years, I don’t think we hurt anyone else’s marriage. I asked all of my neighbors and they say they’re fine
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It’s funny how cucumber water can taste so much better than pickle juice, even though they come from the same source.
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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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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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The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself.
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Sometimes you can’t see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.
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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 a lot.
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I put a basketball in front of George Clooney’s door and sprayed it with supermodel perfume to lure him out.
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I’m so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!
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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 woman, so they decided to make me thirty-two. Much more appealing somehow.
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I know that experts say you’re more likely to get hurt crossing the street than you are flying, but that doesn’t make me any less frightened of flying. If anything, it makes me more afraid of crossing the street.
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I would rather be the good aunt who never says anything bad and lets the parents discipline the child.
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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 get to do stand-up every single day. I love that live energy exchange between the audience and myself, and to get to say the things I want to say and comment on.
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I never see the glass half empty because I drink out the bottle
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Usually, I wear tennis shoes because my feet are flat, and it hurts to wear anything other than shoes that are cushiony.
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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 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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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 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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Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you.
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It was so important for me to lose everything, because I found out what the most important thing is, which is to be true to yourself.
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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 think that’s why it’s hard for people to imagine that women can do that, be that powerful.
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