You 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.
ELLEN DEGENERESTrue beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass.
More Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
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I’m so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!
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When there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
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Dan: ‘Ah, well, I hope this didn’t have anything to do with me.’ Ellen: ‘No, not unless you played Cat Woman in Batman.
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I get my dance moves from just moving around and listening to music and not really worrying about if it’s perfect or not.
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Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most
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There are people who study germs. I believe they are called Germans
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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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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!”
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What’s New Orleans without music? And what’s music without dancing?
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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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It would be horrible to live with someone who didn’t like the same things you like.
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This is my real secret to being a joyful person: I make my life easy. I spend more time being grateful for what I have instead of focusing on what isn’t working. I no longer believe that people have to do things my way and that I have to be perfect.
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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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Procrastination isn’t the problem. It’s the solution. It’s the universe’s way of saying stop, slow down, you move too fast.
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We’re just trying to find happiness in the bodies and minds we were given, like everyone else.
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