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.
ELLEN DEGENERESI know that every time I list something that I am, I am potentially alienating a whole group of people. Publicists and managers will encourage you not to say what political party you belong to, what you eat, what you don’t eat, who you sleep with and all that stuff.
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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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What’s New Orleans without music? And what’s music without dancing?
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It would be horrible to live with someone who didn’t like the same things you like.
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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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My dog of 17 years just died. Oh you’re kidding?… Noooo… as funny as that is, I’m not
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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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Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.
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I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness – and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I’m a human trying to make it through in this world.
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You know me. Any excuse to put on a dress.
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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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Above all, I strive to be the best I can – to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.
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So many people prefer to live in drama because it’s comfortable. It’s like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship – it’s actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.
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I just want to find somebody special, somebody that I click with.
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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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There would be nothing to get me to run for president. I don’t even understand how anyone would want that job at all. Although I would be able to play golf which I don’t seem to have time now.
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