Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

My father was a first reader in the Christian Science Church, which is similar to being a preacher. There was no drinking, smoking or cursing.

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• My father was a first reader in the Christian Science Church, which is similar to being a preacher. There was no drinking, smoking or cursing.

  

  Ellen DeGeneres
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