I 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.
ELLEN DEGENERESIt’s funny how cucumber water can taste so much better than pickle juice, even though they come from the same source.
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I’m so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!
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You’re never too old to play. You’re only too old for low-rise jeans.
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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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I don’t pay attention to the number of birthdays. It’s weird when I say I’m 53. It just is crazy that I’m 53. I think I’m very immature. I feel like a kid. That’s why my back goes out all the time, because I completely forget I can’t do certain things anymore – like doing the plank for 10 minutes.
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…we should be grateful for them because without our family-the ancestors we descend from, the cousins we see once a year, the loves our lives we see every day-life is pretty boring.
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Emote. It’s okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.
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A circus! 100 clowns of injustice have climbed out of the tiny clown car of this court room.
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I don’t want to get the same looks I give people when they get on a plane holding a baby: “That’s a cute baby, just keep walking, keep walking, keep going, keep going.
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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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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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Really, he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate? I’ve been getting that since fourth grade. I guess I’m happy I could give him work.
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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, ‘Let there be light!’ And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.
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I cannot imagine not going home to animals. They are the closest thing to God. They don’t harbour resentment.
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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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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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