Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
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!?'
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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When belief in a god dies, the god dies.
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Many people thought I would never succeed, because I am so Russian. So Russian, hundred percent.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
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I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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One hazard of our job on TV is people are always checking us out and noting every pound we've gained or haven't quite lost.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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I am at war... with the principal personage of traditional philosophy, that abstract subject who masquerades as everyone and anyone, but is really a male subject in disguise.
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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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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.
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I feel blessed to be having a really easy pregnancy.
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I really have become convinced that nuclear fusion is our energy future. It's so powerful. I mean, it is the power of the stars. If we could bring that down to the laboratory and to the power plant on Earth, that would be an incredible thing.
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R. Kelly is an image, a brand. That's my job. There's a whole other side of me that's Robert, who is a father, a friend. But then I put on the game face and go into the studio and do the music. That's just another day at the office.
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I never wanted to limit myself to just impressions. I wanted to branch out and develop other parts of my game.
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The way I live is really me.
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You can't be an entrepreneur for other people. You can't start a company for other people. You have to love it more than you ever thought of loving something that wasn't a human being. The demands will kick you down and rob your life - but yet, it is so rewarding.
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The best rappers I know are, like, air-conditioner men.
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Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.
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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!?'
