Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because people thought no one would watch it because I'm openly gay.
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
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I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy.
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Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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Misfits aren't misfits among other misfits.
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I'm more comfortable writing traditional protagonists. But 'Steve Jobs' and 'The Social Network' have antiheroes. I like to write antiheroes as if they're making their case to God about why they should be allowed into heaven. I have to find something in that character that is like me and write to that.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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I've always asked to be able to speak and write about injustice and to do it in a way that would encourage people to make things better for everyone.
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I watched the first people walk on the moon, and to me, it was just an obvious thing - I want to somehow turn myself into that. But the real question is, how do you deal with the danger of it and the fear that comes from it? How do you deal with fear versus danger?
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The best good man, with the worst natur'd muse.
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A Negro girl could never be purely innocent. The vengeful Race Fairy always lurked nearby; your parents' best hope was that the fairy would show up at someone else's feast and punish their child. Parents had to protect themselves, too, and protect you from knowing how much danger you all were in.
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You had to have a unanimous jury verdict, and one percent of contributory negligence barred all recovery. It was so satisfying to realize I could do it. And I'll tell you what motivated me: competitiveness. I was betting on me. That's what a contingent-fee lawyer does.
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Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because people thought no one would watch it because I'm openly gay.
