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.
ELLEN DEGENERESIt 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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Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most
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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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A circus! 100 clowns of injustice have climbed out of the tiny clown car of this court room.
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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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You’re never too old to play. You’re only too old for low-rise jeans.
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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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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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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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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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We’re told to go on living our lives as usual, because to do otherwise is to let the terrorists win, and really, what would upset the Taliban more than a gay woman wearing a suit in front of a room full of Jews?
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I’m so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!
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When there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
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There’s nothing I know for sure, because I know for sure that things change.
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When people show me clothing that seems very, very feminine, it’s hard for me to embrace that, because it just doesn’t feel like me.
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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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