I would rather be the good aunt who never says anything bad and lets the parents discipline the child.
ELLEN DEGENERESWhen 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 know that every time I list something that I am, I am potentially alienating a whole group of people. Publicists and managers will encourage you not to say what political party you belong to, what you eat, what you don’t eat, who you sleep with and all that stuff.
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I don’t need a baby growing inside me for nine months. If I’m going to feel nauseous and achy when I wake up, I want to achieve that state the old-fashioned way: getting good and drunk the night before.
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Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you.
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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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There’s nothing I know for sure, because I know for sure that things change.
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I don’t really ever live my life in fear. I really live my life in gratitude and feeling positive for the most part.
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So excited for the Apple Watch. For centuries, we’ve checked the time by looking at our phones. Having it on your wrist? Genius.
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There would be nothing to get me to run for president. I don’t even understand how anyone would want that job at all. Although I would be able to play golf which I don’t seem to have time now.
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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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You just have to keep driving down the road. It’s going to bend and curve and you’ll speed up and slow down, but the road keeps going.
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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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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 way I see it… If you need both of your hands for whatever it is you’re doing, then your brain should probably be in on it too.
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I would love for the world to be happier.
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Usually, I wear tennis shoes because my feet are flat, and it hurts to wear anything other than shoes that are cushiony.
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