Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.
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But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in.
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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Although I have no plans to tweet, I am fascinated by developments on the Internet.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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I think I'm a critic of corporate power, whether locally or globally. And the term 'globalization' I've never found all that helpful.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.
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The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball.
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Someone has to stand up for wimps.
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I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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My parents were really loving, open people to be around. I don't remember them ever telling me this profession is difficult. There was never, 'Uhhh, what else are you interested in?' They were just, 'Great. Done. Go for it.'
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I've made the decision not to do radio anymore.
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The spider spinning his web for the unwary fly. The blood is the life, Mr. Renfield.
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Forward movement is a good thing, but I always include that it's not enough, and we have to have a base where we can truly build. That cannot be done inside of the corporate, establishment political parties.
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The accomplishment that I am most proud of is that 'Free Willy' and 'Dave' got a political message out, which isn't easy to do within the constraints of studio moviemaking.
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They have been a terrorist organization. They have to change their methods and they have to accept that violence is incompatible with democracy.
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They are done merely for ornament. ... the common people regard them as supernatural.
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I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.
