What goes up must come down, which is why I don’t wear tube tops.
ELLEN DEGENERESSo be who you really are. Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are. Unless you’re a serial killer.
More Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
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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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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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I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.
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Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most
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I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.
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No one is perfect, except for Penélope Cruz.
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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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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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Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.
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There’s nothing I know for sure, because I know for sure that things change.
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There is something about TM. It is the only time I have that stillness… It gives me this peaceful feeling-I just love it so much.
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I was raised in an atmosphere of ‘everything’s fine.’ But as I got older, I was like, ‘Well no, everything’s not fine. There is stuff that’s sad.’ I am a really sensitive person. I think I am too sensitive sometimes.
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It’s hard when paparazzi are photographing every single thing you do. I’m sure a lot of people made mistakes – they just were not documented the way they are now.
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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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…we should be grateful for them because without our family-the ancestors we descend from, the cousins we see once a year, the loves our lives we see every day-life is pretty boring.
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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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Quick decision makers are often stuck behind annoying people in line at Starbucks.
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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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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’re told to go on living our lives as usual, because to do otherwise is to let the terrorists win, and really, what would upset the Taliban more than a gay woman wearing a suit in front of a room full of Jews?
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I would love for the world to be happier.
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Really, he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate? I’ve been getting that since fourth grade. I guess I’m happy I could give him work.
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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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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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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.
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In 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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