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.

Ellen DeGeneres

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FatherScienceSmokingChurchFirst

I probably hold more town halls than any member of Congress.

Joe J. Walsh

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We are 100 percent responsible for the pursuit of holiness, but at the same time we are 100 percent dependent upon the Holy Spirit to enable us in that pursuit. The pursuit of holiness is not a pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-bootstraps approach to the Christian life.

Jerry Bridges

LifeTimeChristianResponsibleSame

During the four years I had spent in New York, I had achieved top status as a model and had worked for the best photographers and designers in the world. I had grown used to hearing that I was exotic and high-fashion.

Anjelica Huston

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It changes you a little bit every time you either break someone's heart or get your heart broken.

Amanda Seyfried

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The funny thing about 'Office Space' is I almost never get my lines quoted back to me.

Ron Livingston

FunnySpaceMeBackNeverOffice

I don't think it's good to run on anger, but it's really great when that's the first couple of gallons in your tank - when you've had enough, and you're just pissed off enough to go for it. In a lot of ways, that sort of environment can be a catapult for a great situation.

Josh Homme

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When I was 20, I wrote a film on spec and sent it to the BBC. They wrote back, 'Usually, when we reject submissions, we like to offer some encouragement, but in your case, we don't see any point in you continuing.' I took it as encouragement anyway, thinking that only people who write terrible things are capable of writing great things.

Jon Ronson

GreatPeopleWritingThinkingYou

I love having an unlimited supply of cocoa butter.

DJ Khaled

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We have to reform the entire political process. It's got to start with leadership by example.

Chris Gibson

LeadershipStartProcessPolitical

Usually, when I write a novel, it takes me about 100 pages to figure out the voice of the narrator.

Colson Whitehead

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I see the beard and cloak, but I don't yet see a philosopher.

Aulus Gellius

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I had a really generic upbringing, I think, when it comes to viewing movies as a kid. I didn't really know what was out there or what was being tried. I was, like, 'E.T.' and 'Indiana Jones.' Those were the only things I knew existed.

Shane Carruth

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