I was doing stand-up at a restaurant and there was a chalkboard on the street out front. It said, Soup of the Day: Cream of Asparagus. Ellen DeGeneres.
ELLEN DEGENERESI’m on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave it, and then I’m gonna rip it off.
More Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
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It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
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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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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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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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You’re never too old to play. You’re only too old for low-rise jeans.
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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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We can sit and worry about what’s going to happen to us two weeks from now. I’d rather focus on the amazing things happening right in front of us.
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I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.
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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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It’s funny how cucumber water can taste so much better than pickle juice, even though they come from the same source.
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You know me. Any excuse to put on a dress.
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I like to try new things because I get bored so easily.
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We went to lunch and were talking about procrastination and the waitress overheard us and she said, ‘I have a problem with procrastination, too.’ I said ‘Really?… Get my sandwich.’
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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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One rough patch is not the big picture.
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