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.
ELLEN DEGENERESI like sitting at outdoor restaurants; it would be nice to go someplace on the street and not worry about somebody taking my picture while I’m about to take a bite of something.
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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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I became vegan because I saw footage of what really goes on in the slaughterhouses and on the dairy farms.
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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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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’m so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!
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Above all, I strive to be the best I can – to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.
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So many people prefer to live in drama because it’s comfortable. It’s like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship – it’s actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.
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My dog of 17 years just died. Oh you’re kidding?… Noooo… as funny as that is, I’m not
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There’s nothing I know for sure, because I know for sure that things change.
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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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I’m a lesbian, an Aquarian, and a vegetarian.
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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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The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself.
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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 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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