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.
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.
More Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
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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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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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We’re just trying to find happiness in the bodies and minds we were given, like everyone else.
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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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You have to have funny faces and words, you can’t just have words. It is a powerful thing, and I think that’s why it’s hard for people to imagine that women can do that, be that powerful.
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I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.
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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.
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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 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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If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you.
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I like to try new things because I get bored so easily.
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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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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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Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.
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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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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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I don’t consider myself an interviewer as much as an entertainer.
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I don’t think I remember my first memory.
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I just want to find somebody special, somebody that I click with.
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You just have to keep driving down the road. It’s going to bend and curve and you’ll speed up and slow down, but the road keeps going.
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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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There’s nothing I know for sure, because I know for sure that things change.
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Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.
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We can sit and worry about what’s going to happen to us two weeks from now. I’d rather focus on the amazing things happening right in front of us.
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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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