Ellen DeGeneres quotes - page 2

They say you just stand over there, he'll say thank you and you walk back off and that's what I thought was gonna happen, but in my head, I had for five or six years known that he was gonna call me over. (Ellen DeGeneres)
Procrastinate now, don't put it off. View quote
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Don't you hate when people are late to work. And they always have the worst excuses. "Oh, I'm sorry I'm late, traffic." "Traffic, huh? How do you think I got here; helicoptered in!?" View quote
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But I do believe that's when you do your soul-searching. I think when you have these trials that life gives you, it is an opportunity to find out who you are. Not just who you are when everything's great, but who are you when every thing is taken away from you and you have nothing. View quote
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I'm so unfamiliar with the gym, I call it James! View quote
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Leaning forward in your chair when someone is trying to squeeze behind you isn't enough. You also have to move the chair. View quote
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My life is perfect even when it's not. View quote
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Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer. View quote
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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. View quote
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Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling. View quote
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I hope I make people feel better. I hope I take people out of their situations a little bit and make them happier. That's really why I do what I do. (Ellen DeGeneres)
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. View quote
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When I look back on the stuff I used to wear, I wonder why somebody didn't try to stop me. Just a friendly warning, "You may regret this," would have been fine. View quote
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I think there's too much mult-tasking going on. I think people need to quiet down and focus and be still more. View quote
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That's what life is all about. There's a lot of crying. So you'd better cry now and get used to it. View quote
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I knew if I came out, there was a possibility I would lose my career. But I didn't do it for my career, I did it for me to live my truth," she says. "I thought, 'I don't want to live and have any shame whatsoever.' I should be proud of who I am, and I don't care if people approve or not. It is who I am. View quote
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I think I'm healthier than I've ever been. I'm happier than I've ever been. I'm more myself. I can't stress that enough," Ellen says. "I think kindness is the key to yourself and to other people. ... I think I found out who I was, and I think I really try to be a better person every single day. And she [sc. Portia de Rossi, her wife] makes me better. View quote
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Yes, we're lazy. Yet we also can't seem to sit still. So we've started making things like GO-GURT. That's yogurt for people on the go. Let me ask you, was there a big mobility problem with yogurt before? How time-consuming was it, really? [pretending to be on the phone:] "Hello?...Oh, hi, Tom...oh, I've been dying to see that movie...Umm, no...I just opened up some yogurt...Yeah, I'm in for the night...No, not even later-it's the kind with fruit on the bottom. Well, have fun. Thanks anyway." View quote
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If someone ever says you're weird, say thank you. View quote
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When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important. View quote
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Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system. (Ellen DeGeneres)
Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don't even have to be an issue. View quote
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It makes a big difference in your life when you stay positive. View quote
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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. View quote
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My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the colada. View quote
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