"Penguins mate for life. Which doesn't really surprise me, because they all look exactly alike. It's not like they're gonna meet a better-looking penguin someday."
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"Normally, I try not to pay attention to my haters, but this time I'd like to talk about it, because my haters are my motivators."
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"It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success."
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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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"We're told to go on living our lives as usual, because to do otherwise is to let the terrorists win, and really, what would upset the Taliban more than a gay woman wearing a suit in front of a room full of Jews?"
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"All the commercials on TV today are for antidepressants, for Prozac or Paxil. And they get you right away. "Are you sad? Do you get stressed, do you have anxiety?" "Yes, I have all those things! I'm alive!""
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"What's New Orleans without music? And what's music without dancing?"
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"I feel like I have a hangover, without all the happy memories and mystery bruises."
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"This is my real secret to being a joyful person: I make my life easy. I spend more time being grateful for what I have instead of focusing on what isn't working. I no longer believe that people have to do things my way and that I have to be perfect."
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"Human beings only use ten percent of their brains. Ten percent! Can you imagine how much we could accomplish if we used the other sixty percent?"
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"When life gives you lemons....they could really be oranges."
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"We stock up on popcorn and candy like we're crossing the Sierras, don't we? I'll have a couple of soft pretzels, a hot dog, Milk Duds, Snocaps. Is that the largest popcorn you've got there, that bucket? You don't have a barrel or anything like that? Do you have a donkey or a pack mule or anything? - Oh, and a Diet Coke."
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"I'm going to be kind, because then it all just kind of spreads, and the world is a little nicer out there."
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"The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself."
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"I don't know what people are scared of...maybe they think their children will be influenced by gay marriage, but I've got to tell you, I was raised by two heterosexuals. Everywhere I looked - heterosexuals. And they did not influence me. It's time we love people for who they are and let them love who they want."
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"I think they should have a Barbie with a buzz cut."
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"Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday."
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"Just go up to somebody on the street and say 'You're it!' and then run away."
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"If you want to get rid of stuff, you can always do a good spring-cleaning. Or you can do what I do. Move."
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"In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better."
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