Ellen DeGeneres Quotes
We focus so much on our differences, and that is creating, I think, a lot of chaos and negativity and bullying in the world. And I think if everybody focused on what we all have in common - which is - we all want to be happy.Ellen DeGeneres
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
Calamity Jane -
I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
Camille Claudel -
The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
Dan Savage -
It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
Jackie Robinson -
When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
Wayne Gretzky -
What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
Kate Thompson
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
Malcolm McDowell -
I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
Lara Stone -
When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
Carine Roitfeld -
It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
Rachel Kushner -
I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
Patrick Wang -
No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
Carlos Santana Santana
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I dedicated my 20s, my passion and energy to the name 'Rain.' I always did my best, and I thought if I did, it would eventually show, and even if it didn't turn out well, I wouldn't have any regrets.
Rain -
People know that I am a very good author. But they would rather read what I have to say about the next election.
Tatyana Tolstaya -
Hi, I'm Nadine Velazquez, and my green tip is: recycle.
Nadine Velazquez -
I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
Karen Elson -
Writing is always a restorative process. It's like paddling a kayak. When you're writing, you can't do anything else. You're in the space you're in. So, in that way, it's enormously centering and restorative.
Tabitha King -
Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
Adam McKay
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Lee Ann Womack is from near where I grew up in East Texas, so I've always looked up to her. I sang a lot of Dolly Parton as a kid and a lot of traditional western swing, like Patsy Cline and Roy Rogers.
Kacey Musgraves -
Godrej is committed towards improving quality of life in society.
Jamshyd Godrej -
United States and Coalition forces will remain in Iraq and will operate under American command as part of a multinational force authorized by the United Nations.
Jim Gerlach -
President Bush and his administration have tried to pull the wool over our eyes and distract the public from this possibly illegal domestic spying scandal.
Ellen Tauscher -
We focus so much on our differences, and that is creating, I think, a lot of chaos and negativity and bullying in the world. And I think if everybody focused on what we all have in common - which is - we all want to be happy.
Ellen DeGeneres