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Ellen DeGeneres is an American comedian, television host, and producer, best known for her talk show 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show,' which has been on the air since 2003. She is recognized for her humor, kindness, and for being the first openly lesbian host of a major U.S. talk show.

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“I have an amazing team, I have amazing producers, I have amazing writers, but at the end of it, it's me making the decisions on the writing, the tone, the editing.”

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“The stand up, everything was accidental. I never grew up and was the class clown and had to get the attention. It was - it really is, I have a career despite myself.”

Attention Class Careers Grew Grew Up Despite Clown

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“For some reason, we can't just enjoy somebody else's success. Somehow, that's going to affect us. If they have more, then I have less - and I don't know why.”

Ifs Knows Reason Enjoy

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“I hate having to do small talk. I'd rather talk about deep subjects. I'd rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter.”

Knows World Hate Animal Meditation Tree Subjects I Hate Banter Small Talk

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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.”

Careers Wonderful Fans Hiding Loyal Supportive

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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'm a comedian, and I definitely see the humor in a lot of things. I am also sad a lot. I cry often and easily. I think you're supposed to feel all kinds of things.”

Thinking Feels Kind Cry All Kinds Comedian So Sad

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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.”

Believe Speak I Believe Sound Gay One Day Ridiculous Gay Marriage Bans Speaks Out Equality For All

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“There's always time to do things that you're passionate about. ... If my name helps get something out there that I believe in then I am going to produce it. ... Design is really my true love.”

Ifs Believe Helping Names I Believe Design Produce Passionate I Believe In My True Love

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“I love furniture. And I thought, why are we not seeing who's making the cool new coffee table and these new designs that come out?”

Seeing Design Tables Coffee Furniture

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“I think furniture is art. I don't think art is just for your walls - I think everything that someone has made is a piece of art.”

Thinking Art Made Pieces Wall Art Is Furniture Your Wall

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“I would rather be the good aunt who never says anything bad and lets the parents discipline the child.”

Children Parent Discipline Say Anything Aunt

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“It would be horrible to live with someone who didn't like the same things you like.”

Would Be Horrible Things You Like

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“I never see the glass half empty because I drink out the bottle”

Half Drink Empty Glasses Bottles Half Empty

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“I had done a sitcom and a movie and hosted the Emmys, and all of a sudden, I lost everything. As someone put it at the time, I was suddenly like a Ferrari in neutral.”

Done Lost Sitcom Ferrari Emmys Lost Everything

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“One rough patch is not the big picture.”

Bigs Rough Patches Big Picture Rough Patches

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“I watch people's behavior and notice things. I think that's why I became a comedian. I notice how stupid the things we do are.”

People Thinking Watches Stupid Behavior Comedian

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“There are people out there hiding all kinds of things. People who have all this success and all this fame and all this money, and yet there are secrets that they think if we found out about, it would be over for them. And it's a horrible way to live whether you're famous or not.”

People Ifs Thinking Way Kind Would Be Found Secret Fame Horrible All Kinds Hiding Way To Live

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“If success is really dependent on someone liking you or not liking you, and you have to teeter on that kind of tightrope of how you're supposed to act and how you're supposed to look and who you are, it's just not a healthy way to live.”

Ifs Way Looks Kind Like You Healthy Who You Are Dependent Way To Live

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“Above all, I strive to be the best I can - to be better than I was yesterday and better tomorrow.”

I Can Tomorrow Strive Yesterday Being The Best Better Tomorrow

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“Meditation is helping me learn to sit still. Twenty minutes of meditation in the morning is a nice way to start my day. If you can actually sit still and really get to that place of silence, you realize what's important and what's not important. Little things don't usually get to me anymore.”

Ifs Way Littles Stills Important Helping Realizing Silence Morning Nice Meditation Minutes Twenties Little Things What's Important

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“I like sitting at outdoor restaurants; it would be nice to go someplace on the street and not worry about somebody taking my picture while I'm about to take a bite of something.”

Would Be Worry Nice Streets Sitting Restaurants Bites Being Nice

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“You listen to any monologue on late-night TV or just in general, to people talking, and there's always a joke at someone's expense. It's sarcasm; it's nasty. Kids grow up hearing that, and they think that's what humor is, and they think it's OK. But that negativity permeates the entire planet.”

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“The first person I learned I could make happy with laughter was my mother, whom I idolize. It was a powerful thing to realize. I knew I had found my life's work.”

Firsts Persons Mother Found Realizing Powerful Laughter First Person Make Happy

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“Everybody always resolves to start exercising, but they never do. You know why ? Because it's January. Who wants to go jogging in the freezing cold ?”

Knows Want Cold Exercise Resolve Do You Know January Freezing Jogging

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“I've always said, I like my coffee like I like my men... I don't drink coffee.”

Men Said Drink Coffee

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“Did you ever feel like the whole world was going to a party and your invitation got lost in the mail?”

World Feels Whole Lost Party Whole World Mail Invitations

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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.”

Reality Watches Technology Comedy Generations Century Genius Property Phones Excited Apples Consumerism Wrists Apple Watch

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“I've learned 2 things about tv. It's always easier with vodka & SOME OF THE BEST SINGERS ARE FROM THE PHILIPPINES”

Tvs Easier Singers I've Learned Philippines Vodka

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“The legend goes that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. I was thinking... that must be hard to put all the tiny seatbelts on all the snakes.”

Thinking Hard Tiny Legends Ireland Snakes St Patrick

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“I always worry when someone's a good golfer. It's like you shouldn't have time to be good at anything. You should just be a politician and you shouldn't have time to practice golf.”

Should Practice Worry Like You Politician Golf Be Good Golfers

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“I have the picture of Barack [Obama] and me dancing right outside of my dressing room door, I see it every single day, and it makes me very happy.”

Rooms Doors Dancing Barack Very Happy Dressings Dressing Rooms

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“I get my dance moves from just moving around and listening to music and not really worrying about if it's perfect or not.”

Ifs Moving Perfect Worry Listening Listening To Music Dance Moves

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“If anybody could put themselves in that situation of feeling a giant loud voice saying you don't deserve the same rights, you are different and you are not equal, it feels really bad.”

Ifs Feels Different Feelings Voice Situation Rights Equal Deserve Loud Giants Loud Voices

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“It is a fundamental right for people to be allowed to love who they want to love and marry who they want to marry and stop holding on to some form of discrimination that it's just isn't fair.”

People Want Form Fairs Fundamentals Discrimination Holding On

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“I know there's always going to be feedback no matter what the subject. I am shocked by somebody commenting on my shoes or my clothes. Everyone has an opinion, everyone is logging about everything and has an opinion. So I can't possibly pay attention to that.”

Knows I Can Matter Pay Attention Opinion Subjects Clothes No Matter What Shoes Pay Attention Shocked Feedback Logging

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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.”

Want Energy Audience Comment

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“I think people need to laugh everyday. Whether the economy is good or bad, I think the most important thing is to laugh and to feel positive, if you are laughing at something positive. But if you are laughing at mean jokes then it's a wash.”

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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.”

Feelings Gratitude Living My Life

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“It`s hard when paparazzi are photographing every single thing you do. I'm sure a lot of people made mistakes - they just were not documented the way they are now.”

People Way Made Hard Mistake Made A Mistake Paparazzi

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“I'm sure men have their own ways of trying to demean one another, but women can be very gossipy and judgmental, and that doesn't help.”

Men Way Trying Helping Judgmental

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“I think there's a whole bunch of things that go along with being a girl. You're not supposed to have opinions or be tough or strong. You're supposed to be soft and vulnerable, and I find those qualities important in both men and women.”

Thinking Men Important Whole Girl Strong Quality Opinion Men And Women Tough Bunch Vulnerable Supposed To Be Being A Girl

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“I think gender plays a part in most things, but I don't know how it would be different because I've never been a man. And my fame is different from Nicole Kidman's or Sharon Stone's. I think everybody's fame is different.”

Thinking Knows Men Different Play Would Be Know How Fame Stones Gender Nicole Sharon

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“All we have is here and now. That's why procrastination feels so right. Procrastination isn't the problem, it's the solution.”

Feels Problem Humor Funny Solutions Procrastination Here And Now

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“I always like using different muscles, you can take that however you want. But doing something once a year is fantastic, I highly recommended it if you can do it. It's a wonderful thing, it's very freeing and I can put a lot of energy and attention onto it and it's something I love doing.”

Ifs Want Years I Can Different Energy Can Do Attention Wonderful Fantastic Muscles You Can Do It Wonderful Things

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“It's just, you can get very complacent if you do the same thing all the time and especially the comedian, it gives me you know different things to react to and respond to, and it stimulates me.”

Ifs Giving Different Comedy Give Me Different Things Complacent

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“The good psychic would pick up the phone before it rang. Of course it is possible there was noone on the other line. Once she said "God Bless you" I said, "I didn't sneeze" She looked deep into my eyes and said, "You will, eventually." And damn it if she wasn't right. Two days later I sneezed.”

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“Really, he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate? I've been getting that since fourth grade. I guess I'm happy I could give him work.”

Giving Humor Funny Grades Fourth Degenerates Fourth Grade

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“I'm a - I'm a, um, a godmother which is just, that's fun to be a godmother, she is so precious, she's the light of my life, she's two... or five or something, and she's, uh... I don't know, I've never seen her - the pictures are precious, she just seems so, y'know... She lives clear across town, I don't have that kind of time, but, um... Well, I send money and stuff, it's not like I don't have a connection...”

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“You say you're sick and tired of hearing about me? I've got news for you: I'M sick and tired of hearing about me.”

Humor Funny News Sick Tired Hearing

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About the Author

Born: January 26, 1958
Known for: Comedian
Quotes: 373

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