I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that’s ever happened to me has taught me compassion.
ELLEN DEGENERESI put a basketball in front of George Clooney’s door and sprayed it with supermodel perfume to lure him out.
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So excited for the Apple Watch. For centuries, we’ve checked the time by looking at our phones. Having it on your wrist? Genius.
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I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.
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I like being busy and juggling a lot of things at the same time. I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot.
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You know, it’s hard work to write a book. I can’t tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic.
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Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.
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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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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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Emote. It’s okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.
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I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.
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I believe one day a ‘ban on gay marriage’ will sound totally ridiculous. In the meantime, I will continue to speak out for equality for all of us.
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There’s nothing I know for sure, because I know for sure that things change.
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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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I have a great career, and I have wonderful fans who really are supportive and loyal – because I’m not hiding anything from them.
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What’s New Orleans without music? And what’s music without dancing?
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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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