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.
ELLEN DEGENERESI 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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You know me. Any excuse to put on a dress.
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When there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
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A circus! 100 clowns of injustice have climbed out of the tiny clown car of this court room.
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I would rather be the good aunt who never says anything bad and lets the parents discipline the child.
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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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Why is it that when you wipe up dust its called dusting but when you wipe up a spill its not called spilling? Just something to think about.
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You’re never too old to play. You’re only too old for low-rise jeans.
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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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We put the wrong emphasis on what beauty is and what health is. Health is being vibrant and having energy and being happy.
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Portia and I have been married for 4 years and they have been the happiest of my life. And in those 4 years, I don’t think we hurt anyone else’s marriage. I asked all of my neighbors and they say they’re fine
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I like to try new things because I get bored so easily.
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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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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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…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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I do like men and I had, you know, a guy in high school that I wanted to marry desperately. He’s the mayor of some small town in Texas. I could be the mayor’s wife right now.
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