I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.
ELLEN DEGENERESIn the 80’s we had high, high, waisted pants, that if they came up any higher they’d have to go up another size, if you know what I mean.
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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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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 don’t think I remember my first memory.
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When there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
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Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.
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No one is perfect, except for Penélope Cruz.
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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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My hair is always at its best in New York. I don’t know what’s in the water. It could be mousse.
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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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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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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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Why 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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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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It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
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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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I know that every time I list something that I am, I am potentially alienating a whole group of people. Publicists and managers will encourage you not to say what political party you belong to, what you eat, what you don’t eat, who you sleep with and all that stuff.
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I admire people who know they can’t sing. There are so many people out there who can’t sing, but they think they can, so they sing a lot.
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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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We’re just trying to find happiness in the bodies and minds we were given, like everyone else.
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I like to try new things because I get bored so easily.
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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.
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You just have to keep driving down the road. It’s going to bend and curve and you’ll speed up and slow down, but the road keeps going.
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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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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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I had a really tough time for a few years. My show was gone. My phone wasn’t ringing. There wasn’t one job offer. And at that point, I thought I knew for sure that I wouldn’t work in Hollywood again.
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