In the beginning there was nothing. God said, ‘Let there be light!’ And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.
ELLEN DEGENERESThis 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.
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There’s nothing I know for sure, because I know for sure that things change.
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I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.
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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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I’m so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James!
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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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My name is Ellen and I’m a vegetarian. Just to add another label to me: I am a lesbian, aquarian and vegetarian. I’ve said it.
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Be kind to one another. Bye, bye.
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Most people don’t get to laugh, be free, dance, be surrounded by this energy. It’s important to remind people to take that home. I want the world to start shifting [to] a more positive energy.
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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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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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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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When there’s time for whistling, there’s a lot of time on a show.
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I don’t want to get the same looks I give people when they get on a plane holding a baby: “That’s a cute baby, just keep walking, keep walking, keep going, keep going.
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No one is perfect, except for Penélope Cruz.
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I don’t pay attention to the number of birthdays. It’s weird when I say I’m 53. It just is crazy that I’m 53. I think I’m very immature. I feel like a kid. That’s why my back goes out all the time, because I completely forget I can’t do certain things anymore – like doing the plank for 10 minutes.
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