Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
When people show me clothing that seems very, very feminine, it's hard for me to embrace that, because it just doesn't feel like me.
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I'm not Cinderella.
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I was quite nervous about meeting William's father, but he was very, very welcoming, very friendly, it couldn't have gone easier really for me.
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I dread shooting with animals. I hope I never get a script with snakes.
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A lot of guys and people in our society think that chicks just love dudes with money. Chicks love dudes who are successful who happen to have money - do you know what I mean? Chicks are attracted to dudes that are doing their own thing.
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The ghastly thing about being a producer is that, once the curtain goes up, there is nothing you can do. At least when you are in it, you have some measure of control. If something goes wrong, you can maybe put it right. When you are in the audience, there is nothing you can do.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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You know what I like? I like classic stuff. I like 'The Andy Griffith Show' – the variety of characters was so amazing to me.
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I never pile a plate to the point where it overflows. I'd rather have a small plate with small portions and then get up for more if I'm still hungry.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
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As a developing musician, skiffle became a platform for me to start playing music.
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I call Alibaba '1,001 mistakes.' We expanded too fast, and then in the dot-com bubble, we had to have layoffs. By 2002, we had only enough cash to survive for 18 months. We had a lot of free members using our site, and we didn't know how we'd make money. So we developed a product for China exporters to meet U.S. buyers online. This model saved us.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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You'll never see me with a precision flick of eyeliner. Messy eyeliner became my thing by accident rather than design. If you can't get it straight, then just work it in around your eyes.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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The kids think we're wacky. Mum and Dad are in showbiz - they don't know any other way. They've grown up travelling all over the world and are getting a worldly education. My son is 12 and he can speak eloquently on religions and cultures.
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I wonder why I keep playing such intelligent people?
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Owe money at Easter and Lent will seem short to thee.
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I'm well aware that the Internet is global and can't be wholly affected by any one country. But the United States has outsized influence.
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My art teacher was really encouraging me, because he really liked that I could draw. I felt very torn. At that time, I had to pick one, and I felt much more confident in the arts than I did in chemistry. My big thing was that I actually wanted to be like Jacques Cousteau.
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When people show me clothing that seems very, very feminine, it's hard for me to embrace that, because it just doesn't feel like me.
