I think I let go of the need for approval. It certainly feels good when you get it, but I used to be more desperate for it. Once I felt better inside about myself… I could do everything based on how I want to do things.
ELLEN DEGENERESYou have to have funny faces and words, you can’t just have words. It is a powerful thing, and I think that’s why it’s hard for people to imagine that women can do that, be that powerful.
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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 don’t really ever live my life in fear. I really live my life in gratitude and feeling positive for the most part.
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When there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
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It feels good. Kinda like when you have to shut your computer down, just sometimes when it goes crazy, you just shut it down and when you turn it on, it’s okay again. That’s what meditation is to me.
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I don’t think I remember my first memory.
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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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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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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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Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.
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It is a fundamental right for people to be allowed to love who they want to love and marry who they want to marry and stop holding on to some form of discrimination that it’s just isn’t fair.
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I’ve learned 2 things about tv. It’s always easier with vodka & SOME OF THE BEST SINGERS ARE FROM THE PHILIPPINES
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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’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.
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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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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 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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What goes up must come down, which is why I don’t wear tube tops.
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There’s nothing I know for sure, because I know for sure that things change.
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I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.
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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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Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.
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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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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 hope I make people feel better. I hope I take people out of their situations a little bit and make them happier. That’s really why I do what I do.
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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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I know that experts say you’re more likely to get hurt crossing the street than you are flying, but that doesn’t make me any less frightened of flying. If anything, it makes me more afraid of crossing the street.
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