Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we're all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose... When you connect with that love and that compassion, that's when everything unfolds.

Ellen DeGeneres

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If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.

John Drinkwater

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Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind the words. Really, authority is about truth: honest-living truth.

John Ortberg

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Soul music is soul music. It can be wrapped up in a neo soul package; it can be called hip-hop soul. But soul is soul, and it's been around; it will never go away.

Maxwell

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It's true that redistributing income to the needy is politically easier in a growing economy than in a stagnant one.

Robert Reich

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I don't think any collector knows his true motivation.

Robert Mapplethorpe

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Acting has been my first passion, and turning a producer was a natural progression.

Riteish Deshmukh

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Little by little, when I was doing auditions in New York, I discovered I was good. People there were enthusiastic.

Juan Diego Florez

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When I got out of high school, I wanted to be an actor but was getting a lot of rejections. I was getting rejected by life. My mother, God rest her soul, told me not to quit.

Don Rickles

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I love being famous. It's almost like being white.

Chris Rock

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I hold an office in trust, not a title. I don't want to say it's a kamikaze approach to life, but it's ingrained.

Bob Latta

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I can't think of anyone who has done anything remotely useful after the age of 80.

Peter Greenaway

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As far back as the 1800s, people were moving to Florida to make their dreams come true.

Rick Scott

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