All the commercials on TV today are for antidepressants, for Prozac or Paxil. And they get you right away. “Are you sad? Do you get stressed, do you have anxiety?” “Yes, I have all those things! I’m alive!”
ELLEN DEGENERESI prefer to believe that people are good and honest and respect me enough to tell me the truth. It’s not easy to find those people all the time, but they’re out there.
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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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If you want to get rid of stuff, you can always do a good spring-cleaning. Or you can do what I do. Move.
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I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.
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I hate having to do small talk. I’d rather talk about deep subjects. I’d rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter.
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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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You know me. Any excuse to put on a dress.
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No one is perfect, except for Penélope Cruz.
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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 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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Above all, I strive to be the best I can – to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.
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There are people who study germs. I believe they are called Germans
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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 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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What goes up must come down, which is why I don’t wear tube tops.
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I don’t consider myself an interviewer as much as an entertainer.
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Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most
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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 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 would be horrible to live with someone who didn’t like the same things you like.
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I prefer to believe that people are good and honest and respect me enough to tell me the truth. It’s not easy to find those people all the time, but they’re out there.
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I had everything I’d hoped for, but I wasn’t being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn’t like me for being… me.
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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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Penguins mate for life. Which doesn’t really surprise me, because they all look exactly alike. It’s not like they’re gonna meet a better-looking penguin someday.
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The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren’t any space aliens. We can’t be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we’re not all there is. If so, we’re in big trouble.
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The world is filled with negativity. I want people to watch me and think, “I feel good, and I’m going to make somebody else feel good today.
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Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.
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