If we lose our phones, we lose our phone books. You don’t memorize numbers anymore.
ELLEN DEGENERESI 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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I 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.
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Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most
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I just want to find somebody special, somebody that I click with.
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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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The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself.
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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.
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There’s nothing I know for sure, because I know for sure that things change.
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