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.
ELLEN DEGENERESWhen there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
More Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
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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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It is a fundamental right for people to be allowed to love who they want to love and marry who they want to marry and stop holding on to some form of discrimination that it’s just isn’t fair.
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There are people who study germs. I believe they are called Germans
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Quick decision makers are often stuck behind annoying people in line at Starbucks.
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I would rather be the good aunt who never says anything bad and lets the parents discipline the child.
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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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Come on, if you don’t win tonight it doesn’t mean you’re not a good person, it just means you’re not a good actor.
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I didn’t go to college at all, any college, and I’m not saying you wasted your time or money, but look at me, I’m a huge celebrity.
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I’m on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave it, and then I’m gonna rip it off.
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I’m a lesbian, an Aquarian, and a vegetarian.
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We can sit and worry about what’s going to happen to us two weeks from now. I’d rather focus on the amazing things happening right in front of us.
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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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When 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 don’t consider myself an interviewer as much as an entertainer.
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True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass.
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