I would rather be the good aunt who never says anything bad and lets the parents discipline the child.
ELLEN DEGENERESDo we have to know who’s gay and who’s straight? Can’t we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?
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If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you.
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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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Above all things physical, it is more important to be beautiful on the inside – to have a big hear and an open mind and a spectacular spleen.
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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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My dog of 17 years just died. Oh you’re kidding?… Noooo… as funny as that is, I’m not
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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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There’s nothing I know for sure, because I know for sure that things change.
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I know that experts say you’re more likely to get hurt crossing the street than you are flying, but that doesn’t make me any less frightened of flying. If anything, it makes me more afraid of crossing the street.
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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 had a really tough time for a few years. My show was gone. My phone wasn’t ringing. There wasn’t one job offer. And at that point, I thought I knew for sure that I wouldn’t work in Hollywood again.
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I’m sure there’s somebody out there who doesn’t like Betty White because she’s short and has white hair.
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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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Do we have to know who’s gay and who’s straight? Can’t we just love everybody and judge them by the car they drive?
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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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I have an amazing team, I have amazing producers, I have amazing writers, but at the end of it, it’s me making the decisions on the writing, the tone, the editing.
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It feels good. Kinda like when you have to shut your computer down, just sometimes when it goes crazy, you just shut it down and when you turn it on, it’s okay again. That’s what meditation is to me.
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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 hope I make people feel better. I hope I take people out of their situations a little bit and make them happier. That’s really why I do what I do.
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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 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 became vegan because I saw footage of what really goes on in the slaughterhouses and on the dairy farms.
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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 enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.
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There is something about TM. It is the only time I have that stillness… It gives me this peaceful feeling-I just love it so much.
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