Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

I didn't see deep emotion from my parents. It was all very polite and very surface. I never knew how anybody was feeling.

Ellen DeGeneres

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• I didn't see deep emotion from my parents. It was all very polite and very surface. I never knew how anybody was feeling.

  

  Ellen DeGeneres
  • Parents
  • Feeling
  • Deep