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 DEGENERESYou’re never too old to play. You’re only too old for low-rise jeans.
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I hate having to do small talk. I’d rather talk about deep subjects. I’d rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter.
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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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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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I used to beat myself up about weight and working out, and no matter what I did I never felt good about myself. I decided to accept myself and know that I am good.
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Most people don’t get to laugh, be free, dance, be surrounded by this energy. It’s important to remind people to take that home. I want the world to start shifting [to] a more positive energy.
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We went to lunch and were talking about procrastination and the waitress overheard us and she said, ‘I have a problem with procrastination, too.’ I said ‘Really?… Get my sandwich.’
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If we lose our phones, we lose our phone books. You don’t memorize numbers anymore.
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Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you.
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I’m so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!
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I think gender plays a part in most things, but I don’t know how it would be different because I’ve never been a man. And my fame is different from Nicole Kidman’s or Sharon Stone’s. I think everybody’s fame is different.
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I put a basketball in front of George Clooney’s door and sprayed it with supermodel perfume to lure him out.
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It’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 believe one day a ‘ban on gay marriage’ will sound totally ridiculous. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out for equality for all of us.
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I was coming home from kindergarten – well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had been working in a factory for ten years. It’s good for a kid to know how to make gloves.
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When people show me clothing that seems very, very feminine, it’s hard for me to embrace that, because it just doesn’t feel like me.
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