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.
ELLEN DEGENERESMy dog of 17 years just died. Oh you’re kidding?… Noooo… as funny as that is, I’m not
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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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I don’t need a baby growing inside me for nine months. If I’m going to feel nauseous and achy when I wake up, I want to achieve that state the old-fashioned way: getting good and drunk the night before.
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So, I bought a new CD and I was trying to get it open but couldn’t with all the layers… I mean plastic and then tape, and the tape is like government tape. It says ‘open here.’ Is that sarcasm?
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I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.
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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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You know, it’s hard work to write a book. I can’t tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic.
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I was doing stand-up at a restaurant and there was a chalkboard on the street out front. It said, Soup of the Day: Cream of Asparagus. Ellen DeGeneres.
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Quick decision makers are often stuck behind annoying people in line at Starbucks.
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If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you.
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I get to do stand-up every single day. I love that live energy exchange between the audience and myself, and to get to say the things I want to say and comment on.
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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 learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.
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Sometimes you can’t see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.
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I get my dance moves from just moving around and listening to music and not really worrying about if it’s perfect or not.
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Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.
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