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.
ELLEN DEGENERESBeauty isn’t between a size zero and a size eight, it is not a number at all. It is not physical.
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I’m a lesbian, an Aquarian, and a vegetarian.
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I’m so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!
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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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Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.
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Beauty isn’t between a size zero and a size eight, it is not a number at all. It is not physical.
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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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You can always tell when the relationship is over. Little things start getting on your nerves, ‘Would you please stop that! That breathing in and out, it’s so repetitious.’
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Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.
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When there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
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If we lose our phones, we lose our phone books. You don’t memorize numbers anymore.
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I was raised in an atmosphere of ‘everything’s fine.’ But as I got older, I was like, ‘Well no, everything’s not fine. There is stuff that’s sad.’ I am a really sensitive person. I think I am too sensitive sometimes.
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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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Really, he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate? I’ve been getting that since fourth grade. I guess I’m happy I could give him work.
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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.
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So be who you really are. Embrace who you are. Literally. Hug yourself. Accept who you are. Unless you’re a serial killer.
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A circus! 100 clowns of injustice have climbed out of the tiny clown car of this court room.
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There are people who study germs. I believe they are called Germans
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Sometimes you can’t see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.
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Have you seen the deer heads on the walls of bars, the ones wearing party hats, sunglasses and streamers? I feel sorry for them because obviously they were at a party having a good time.
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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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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.
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People give me such a hard time because I don’t wear dresses. What’s that got to do with anything?
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It’s hard when paparazzi are photographing every single thing you do. I’m sure a lot of people made mistakes – they just were not documented the way they are now.
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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 don’t really ever live my life in fear. I really live my life in gratitude and feeling positive for the most part.
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I prefer to believe that people are good and honest and respect me enough to tell me the truth. It’s not easy to find those people all the time, but they’re out there.
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