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Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

I was raised that you don't use something nice until there's someplace to go.

Ellen DeGeneres

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: comedian
Nationality: american
Birth: January 26, 1958

Topics

You Go Nice I Was Raised Something

I'm British - ostensibly British - but I don't know where I really belong, you know?

You Know Belong Where British

People turn off the news, stop reading in-depth magazine articles - especially young people. Look at the increasing reluctance of young people to vote. I think a lot of that is directly - you can lay it at the feet of these negative campaigns and relentless attack ads.

John Hickenlooper

People Negative Reading Feet Think

I would eat healthy at times and pig out at times. But I never had to go on a strict diet plan.

Diet Plan Pig Go Healthy Never

A suit is just a suit: a practical garment, not a ceremonial robe; it can be worn out to dinner with friends or for a visit to an art gallery. Its beauty and craftsmanship are utterly wasted if you think of it as something magical and symbolic.

Beauty Art Dinner Think Friends You

'Crouching Tiger,' of course, was a very dramatic role for me, and the fighting was very serious.

Me Fighting Tiger Serious Role Very

I found it very helpful not to do the venture round. Instead, I started with very little money, a few thousand dollars, and I did every job myself. I was the first photographer. I was the first customer service rep. I was the first online marketing person.

Myself Service Money Job Customer

I'm really drawn toward work that is trying to capture what it's like to think now and to live now.

Work Live Think Trying Now Capture

When you pretend to be an authority on everything, it forces your subordinates to defer to your opinion - which may not be the most informed in the room. If you have humility concerning the gaps in your experience or ability, it allows others to shine.

Courtney A. Kemp

Experience Humility Shine Opinion

L.A. is fun, but it feels like one of those towns in the north of Scotland where there's an oil rig just off the coast and whether or not you work for the oil rig, everyone is connected to it.

Work Fun You Connected Oil Everyone

Israel expanded beyond its original boundaries only because the Arab powers attacked Israel and the U.N. demarcation unsuccessfully in 1948. The endless caterwauling about the 1967 borders is rubbish.

Beyond Borders Boundaries Original

At the surface, many people's goals are to lose weight, tone up, feel better, etc. But superficial goals get superficial results that usually fade. Dig a little deeper, and the 'why' is usually unveiled: to be more confident, to be more happy, to feel sexy again.

Goals Happy People Sexy Better Lose

I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.

Aretha Franklin

Woman I Am People Me Think Enough

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