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Ellen DeGeneres
American
Comedian
Born:
Jan 26
,
1958
Love
Me
People
Think
Time
You
Related authors:
George Carlin
Groucho Marx
Milton Berle
Mitch Hedberg
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W. C. Fields
Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.
Ellen DeGeneres
Kindness
Me
You
Honesty
People
Equality
Compassion
Values
Way
Those
Traditional
Traditional Values
Want
Stand
Helping
Here
Treated
Treating
Need
Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.
Ellen DeGeneres
Funny
Bullying
You
People
Be Kind
Comedy
Humor
Somebody
Example
Feelings
Else
Way
Laugh
Kind
Find
Hurting
Major
Most
Make
Without
Getting
Expense
Just
Want
Form
Based
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
Bullying
Be Happy
Happy
World
Focus
Differences
Think
Everybody
Negativity
Chaos
Our
Focused
Lot
Common
Want
Which
Much
Creating
If we're destroying our trees and destroying our environment and hurting animals and hurting one another and all that stuff, there's got to be a very powerful energy to fight that. I think we need more love in the world. We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.
Ellen DeGeneres
Love
Environmental
Kindness
Fight
Joy
World
Compassion
Laughter
Animals
Energy
Think
Trees
Our
Definitely
Destroying
Hurting
More
Environment
Powerful
Stuff
Another
Got
Very
Contribute
Want
Need
Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.
Ellen DeGeneres
Inspirational
Truth
You
Soul
Will
Live
Else
Everything
Earth
Everything Else
Out
Find
Put
Come
Person
Your
Who
My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the hell she is.
Ellen DeGeneres
Funny
Day
Hell
Know
She
Five
Walking
Sixty
Where
Grandmother
Miles
Now
Started
I had everything I'd hoped for, but I wasn't being myself. So I decided to be honest about who I was. It was strange: The people who loved me for being funny suddenly didn't like me for being... me.
Ellen DeGeneres
Funny
Myself
Me
Strange
People
Being Myself
To Be Honest
Everything
Hoped
About
Had
Like
Being
Loved
Decided
Being Funny
Who
Suddenly
Honest
I'm not an activist; I don't look for controversy. I'm not a political person, but I'm a person with compassion. I care passionately about equal rights. I care about human rights. I care about animal rights.
Ellen DeGeneres
Rights
Animal
Political
Compassion
Care
Human Rights
About
Animal Rights
Look
Equal
Equal Rights
Passionately
Person
Human
Controversy
Activist
I have sadness in me. I have anger in me. I have heartbreak in me.
Ellen DeGeneres
Me
Anger
Sadness
Heartbreak
We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.
Ellen DeGeneres
Kindness
Joy
Compassion
Laughter
Definitely
More
Contribute
Want
Need
Nothing says holidays, like a cheese log.
Ellen DeGeneres
Cheese
Nothing
Says
Log
Like
Holidays
So many people prefer to live in drama because it's comfortable. It's like someone staying in a bad marriage or relationship - it's actually easier to stay because they know what to expect every day, versus leaving and not knowing what to expect.
Ellen DeGeneres
Day
Relationship
Marriage
Every Day
People
Not Knowing
Live
Every
Drama
Easier
Bad
Stay
Staying
Someone
Like
Know
Knowing
Comfortable
Because
Leaving
Versus
Expect
So Many People
Prefer
Many
Actually
The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.
Ellen DeGeneres
Happiness
People
Joy
World
Fear
Judgment
Shifting
Think
Corny
Negativity
Make
Sounds
Shift
Lot
Just
Full
Start
Need
I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.
Ellen DeGeneres
Beautiful
Mom
You
Animal
People
Mother
Walls
Think
Say
Photographs
Heads
Attractive
Because
Always
Go
Ask
Why
Her
Deer
Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.
Ellen DeGeneres
You
Eyes
Yourself
Sometimes
Others
See
Through
Clearly
Until
I am saddened by how people treat one another and how we are so shut off from one another and how we judge one another, when the truth is, we are all one connected thing. We are all from the same exact molecules.
Ellen DeGeneres
Truth
Truth Is
People
Judge
Treat
Exact
Saddened
Another
How
Am
Off
Same
Molecules
Connected
Thing
Shut
I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness - and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I'm a human trying to make it through in this world.
Ellen DeGeneres
Beautiful
Day
Peace
World
Stillness
Other
Those
Minutes
Through
Hours
Make
Get
Trying
Human
Then
Fleeting
Moments
Inner
Inner Peace
I hate having to do small talk. I'd rather talk about deep subjects. I'd rather talk about meditation, or the world, or the trees or animals, than small, inane, you know, banter.
Ellen DeGeneres
You
Hate
World
Animals
Meditation
Trees
About
Rather
Having
Small
Small Talk
Know
Talk
Subjects
Than
Deep
Faith is part of who I am, yes. I was raised Christian Scientist. The most important thing I saw every single week on the wall at Sunday school was the Golden Rule.
Ellen DeGeneres
Faith
School
Sunday
Important
Single
Christian
Every
Saw
Rule
Sunday School
Week
Part
Most
Most Important Thing
Am
Important Thing
Scientist
Yes
Wall
The Golden Rule
Golden
The Most Important
Golden Rule
Who
Thing
Raised
I say always follow your passion, no matter what, because even if it's not the same financial success, it'll lead you to the money that'll make you the happiest.
Ellen DeGeneres
Success
You
Money
Financial
Passion
Matter
Say
Follow
Lead
Make
Because
Always
Same
Happiest
Your
Even
If you want to get rid of stuff, you can always do a good spring-cleaning. Or you can do what I do. Move.
Ellen DeGeneres
Good
You
Stuff
Always
Get
Move
Want
Rid
The only thing I really recommend, if you're starting out in stand-up is to not try to copy anybody else. You can be influenced by people. I was influenced by Steve Martin and Bob Newhart and Woody Allen, but I never tried to be someone else. I always tried to be myself. And the reason people are successful is they're unique.
Ellen DeGeneres
Myself
You
People
Try
Else
Out
Recommend
Tried
Martin
Someone
Allen
Only
Never
Steve
Steve Martin
Always
Anybody
Anybody Else
Influenced
The Only Thing
Woody
Woody Allen
Bob
Really
Successful
Reason
Unique
Thing
Copy
Starting
People always ask me, 'Were you funny as a child?' Well, no, I was an accountant.
Ellen DeGeneres
Funny
Me
You
People
Well
Always
Were
Accountant
Child
Ask
Just go up to somebody on the street and say 'You're it!' and then run away.
Ellen DeGeneres
You
Somebody
Say
Run
Go
Up
Just
Then
Away
Street
It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting. Are they fun when they happen? No. But they are what make us unique. And that's what I know for sure... I think.
Ellen DeGeneres
Challenges
Think
Our
Give
Layers
Obstacles
Know
Make
Sure
Happen
Interesting
Depth
Us
Fun
Unique
I collect old portraits. They're all just interesting pictures of people, and you just kind of wonder who they were and what they were. There's a guy - I don't know who he is, but he's wearing a suit. He's got his arms folded, and he looks like he sold insurance or something. I'm just wondering why someone painted him.
Ellen DeGeneres
You
People
Old
Sold
Collect
Kind
Folded
Wearing
Someone
Something
Guy
He
Pictures
Like
Know
Looks
Arms
Him
Insurance
Got
Were
His
Wonder
Wondering
Just
Just Kind
Interesting
Who
Painted
Why
Portraits
Suit
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