Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres

Comedian, Television Host

Ellen DeGeneres is a comedian and television host known for her groundbreaking talk show, which promotes kindness and authenticity.

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Born
January 26, 1958
Quotes
361
Rank
#424

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"If your Birthday is on Christmas day and you're not Jesus, you should start telling people your birthday is on June 9 or something. Just read up on the traits of a Gemini. Suddenly you're a multitasker who loves the color yellow. Because not only do you get stuck with them combo gift, you get the combo song. "We wish you a merry Christmas - and happy birthday, Terry - we wish you a merry Christmas - happy birthday, Terry - we wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Ye - Birthday, Terry!"

Song Jesus Merry Christmas
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"You talk to some people who are opposed to same sex marriage, and they'll say, 'If we allow that, what's next? Will people want to marry animals?'...You have to wonder about people who go straight to that idea --- and they think WE'RE weird!"

Sex Thinking Animal
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"It always helps to think about other people instead of ourselves."

Thinking People Helping
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"You're gonna be ok, dum de dum dum dum, just dance."

Dance Just Dance
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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."

Thinking People Admire
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"Start thinking positively. You will notice a difference. Instead of 'I think I'm a loser,' try 'I definitely am a loser.' Stop being wishy-washy about things! How much more of a loser can you be if you don't even know you are one? Either you are a loser or you are not. Which is it, stupid?"

Stupid Positivity Thinking
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"Actually this is really funny - one time she accidentally forgot to leave a note and I had no idea she had even moved. I was living in the house with a beautiful Mexican family for three months before I realized they weren't my cousins visiting from out of town. They were so nice. They called me "Quien es, quien es," which I thought was a beautiful name."

Beautiful Cousin Nice
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"I know that every time I list something that I am, I am potentially alienating a whole group of people. Publicists and managers will encourage you not to say what political party you belong to, what you eat, what you don't eat, who you sleep with and all that stuff."

Party Sleep People
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"The reason I do what I do is because I was influenced by Steve Martin, by Woody Allen, by Bob Newhart, by Carol Burnett, by Lucille Ball."

Bob Balls Woody
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"Beauty is not between a size 0 and a size 8. It's not a number at all."

Numbers Size
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"Faith is part of who I am, yes. I was raised Christian Scientist. The most important thing I saw every single week on the wall at Sunday school was the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.""

Christian Wall School
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"I love clothes, so when I wear clothes, they're usually somebody's. You know, I'm not wearing Kmart."

Clothes Kmart Knows
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"I still have the shirt I wore my first time on Johnny Carson's show. Only now I use it as a tablecloth at dinner parties. It was very blousy."

Party Use Dinner
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"I don't know who had the bright idea of teaching pneumonia how to walk, but I'd like to find that dunderhead before he decides he wants to teach it how to drive."

Teaching Pneumonia Ideas
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"What would bug the Taliban more than seeing a gay woman in a suit surrounded by Jews?"

Gay Bugs Suits
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"A circus! 100 clowns of injustice have climbed out of the tiny clown car of this court room."

Car Rooms Tiny
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"Have you seen the deer heads on the walls of bars, the ones wearing party hats, sunglasses and streamers? I feel sorry for them because obviously they were at a party having a good time."

Wall Sorry Party
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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."

Funny Letting Go Humor
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"I like to try new things because I get bored so easily."

Bored Trying New Things
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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 Gay Speaks Out
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