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.
ELLEN DEGENERESWhat’s New Orleans without music? And what’s music without dancing?
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Yeah I’m thirty-six, but on the show I’m thirty-two. Nobody wants to watch a thirty-six year old woman, so they decided to make me thirty-two. Much more appealing somehow.
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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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There are people who study germs. I believe they are called Germans
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Portia and I have been married for 4 years and they have been the happiest of my life. And in those 4 years, I don’t think we hurt anyone else’s marriage. I asked all of my neighbors and they say they’re fine
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Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.
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I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.
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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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What’s New Orleans without music? And what’s music without dancing?
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The most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and to not give in to peer pressure to try to be something that you’re not.
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All the commercials on TV today are for antidepressants, for Prozac or Paxil. And they get you right away. “Are you sad? Do you get stressed, do you have anxiety?” “Yes, I have all those things! I’m alive!”
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I never see the glass half empty because I drink out the bottle
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We all feel like idiots at one time or another. Even if we feel we’re cool 98 percent of the time, that 2-percent doofus is poised to take over our bodies without any warning.
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Beauty is not between a size 0 and a size 8. It’s not a number at all.
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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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Procrastination isn’t the problem. It’s the solution. It’s the universe’s way of saying stop, slow down, you move too fast.
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