My dream guests are really not so much celebrities. They’re people who are actually interesting and they’re doing something interesting with their lives or had an interesting experience in some way. I really enjoy talking to regular, everyday people.
ELLEN DEGENERESI enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.
More Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
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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.
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I love furniture. And I thought, why are we not seeing who’s making the cool new coffee table and these new designs that come out?
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I’m glad I’m funny. I’m glad I make people happy, because that’s very important. But I’m proud to be known as a kind person.
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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.
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When I decided to have my character on the show come out, I knew I was going to have to come out, too. I never wanted to be the lesbian actress. I never wanted to be the spokesperson for the gay community. Ever. I did it for my own truth.
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I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.
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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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I was coming home from kindergarten – well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had been working in a factory for ten years. It’s good for a kid to know how to make gloves.
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There’s nothing I know for sure, because I know for sure that things change.
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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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True 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.
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It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive.
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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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Above all things physical, it is more important to be beautiful on the inside – to have a big hear and an open mind and a spectacular spleen.
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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.
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