I prefer to believe that people are good and honest and respect me enough to tell me the truth. It’s not easy to find those people all the time, but they’re out there.
ELLEN DEGENERESI’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.
More Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
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The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren’t any space aliens. We can’t be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we’re not all there is. If so, we’re in big trouble.
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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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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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Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.
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I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.
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There is something about TM. It is the only time I have that stillness… It gives me this peaceful feeling-I just love it so much.
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Be kind to one another. Bye, bye.
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I don’t need a baby growing inside me for nine months. If I’m going to feel nauseous and achy when I wake up, I want to achieve that state the old-fashioned way: getting good and drunk the night before.
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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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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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I admire people who know they can’t sing. There are so many people out there who can’t sing, but they think they can, so they sing a lot.
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True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass.
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Come on, if you don’t win tonight it doesn’t mean you’re not a good person, it just means you’re not a good actor.
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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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What’s New Orleans without music? And what’s music without dancing?
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I don’t really ever live my life in fear. I really live my life in gratitude and feeling positive for the most part.
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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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Beauty is not between a size 0 and a size 8. It’s not a number at all.
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If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you.
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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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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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I care passionately about equal rights [and] animal rights.
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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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I’m on the patch right now. Where it releases small dosages of approval until I no longer crave it, and then I’m gonna rip it off.
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I had everything I’d hoped for, but I wasn’t being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn’t like me for being… me.
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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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