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.
ELLEN DEGENERESAbove all, I strive to be the best I can – to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.
More Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
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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 had everything I’d hoped for, but I wasn’t being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn’t like me for being… me.
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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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Beauty is not between a size 0 and a size 8. It’s not a number at all.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Above all, I strive to be the best I can – to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.
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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.
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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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