You know, it’s hard work to write a book. I can’t tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic.
ELLEN DEGENERESDo we have to know who’s gay and who’s straight? Can’t we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?
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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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If we lose our phones, we lose our phone books. You don’t memorize numbers anymore.
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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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There’s always time to do things that you’re passionate about. … If my name helps get something out there that I believe in then I am going to produce it. … Design is really my true love.
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I don’t pay attention to the number of birthdays. It’s weird when I say I’m 53. It just is crazy that I’m 53. I think I’m very immature. I feel like a kid. That’s why my back goes out all the time, because I completely forget I can’t do certain things anymore – like doing the plank for 10 minutes.
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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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For some reason, we can’t just enjoy somebody else’s success. Somehow, that’s going to affect us. If they have more, then I have less – and I don’t know why.
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Do we have to know who’s gay and who’s straight? Can’t we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?
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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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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 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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When there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
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So excited for the Apple Watch. For centuries, we’ve checked the time by looking at our phones. Having it on your wrist? Genius.
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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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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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