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Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most

Ellen DeGeneres

You know, it’s hard work to write a book. I can’t tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic.
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Book Hard Women Work
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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Called Dust Something Thinking Wipe
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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Eight Numbers Physical Zero
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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People Special Wanted
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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Moving Procrastination Way
You can always tell when the relationship is over. Little things start getting on your nerves, ‘Would you please stop that! That breathing in and out, it’s so repetitious.’
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Breathing Funny Relationship Nerves
I admire people who know they can’t sing. There are so many people out there who can’t sing, but they think they can, so they sing a lot.
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Admire People Thinking
Have you seen the deer heads on the walls of bars, the ones wearing party hats, sunglasses and streamers? I feel sorry for them because obviously they were at a party having a good time.
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Party Sorry Wall
A circus! 100 clowns of injustice have climbed out of the tiny clown car of this court room.
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Car Room Rooms Tiny
So, I bought a new CD and I was trying to get it open but couldn’t with all the layers… I mean plastic and then tape, and the tape is like government tape. It says ‘open here.’ Is that sarcasm?
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Government Mean Sarcasm
I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness – and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I’m a human trying to make it through in this world.
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Beautiful Inner Peace Trying
I like to try new things because I get bored so easily.
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Bored New Things Trying
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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Honesty Inspiring Kindness
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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Funny Go Humor Letting
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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Emphasis Energy Happy Vibrant
I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.
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Judgement Judging People

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