Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

'I knew if I came out, there was a possibility I would lose my career. But I didn't do it for my career, I did it for me to live my truth,' she says. 'I thought, 'I don't want to live and have any shame whatsoever.' I should be proud of who I am, and I don't care if people approve or not. It is who I am.'

Ellen DeGeneres

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We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the real rawness of it, the real fun of it, but we also have to address the damage it has done. We have to look at what it's done to our black girls, especially when it comes to domestic violence.

Tamron Hall
- Real
- Done
- Fun
Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.

Brown Campbell
- Experience
- Issue
- U.S.
During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.

Rachel McAdams
- Work
- Important
- Movie
My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.

Natalie Portman
- Dad
- Die
- Mad
When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.

Oscar Hijuelos
- Work
- Writing
- Emotional
I've learned that the key is to fight with no pressure.

Rafael dos Anjos
- Fight
- Pressure
- Key