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.
ELLEN DEGENERESIf someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you.
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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 care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.
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Please raise your children with love and non-judgement. Tell them everyone has the right to love who they want to love. It shouldn’t threaten you or who you are.
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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 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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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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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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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 became vegan because I saw footage of what really goes on in the slaughterhouses and on the dairy farms.
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You know me. Any excuse to put on a dress.
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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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Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.
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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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I never see the glass half empty because I drink out the bottle
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I don’t think I remember my first memory.
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