I should never have protected [ my mother ]. I should have protected Ellen DeGeneres and I didn't tell her for a few years, and then I told her, and then she didn't believe me, and then she stayed with him for 18 more years and finally left him because he'd changed the story so many times.

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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.

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Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost.

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If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you. by Ellen DeGeneres

If someone ever says you’re weird, say thank you.

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Asking who's the 'man' and who's the 'woman' in a same-sex relationship is like asking which chopstick is the fork.

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Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal sy... by Ellen DeGeneres

Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.

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Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about kn... by Ellen DeGeneres

Beauty is about being comfortable in your own skin. It's about knowing and accepting who you are.

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It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth an... by Ellen DeGeneres

It's our challenges and obstacles that give us layers of depth and make us interesting.

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Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the less... by Ellen DeGeneres

Be open to learning new lessons, even if they contradict the lessons you learned yesterday.

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When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.

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Penguins mate for life. Which doesn't really surprise me, because they all look exactly alike. It's not like they're gonna meet a better-looking penguin someday.

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Our flaws are what makes us human. If we can accept them as part of who we are, they really don't even have to be an issue.

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Laugh. Laugh as much as you can. Laugh until you cry. Cry until you laugh. Keep doing it even if people are passing you on the street saying, "I can't tell if that person is laughing or crying, but either way they seem crazy, let's walk faster." Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.

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Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself t... by Ellen DeGeneres

Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.

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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.

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The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy for yourself and yourself.

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This is my real secret to being a joyful person: I make my life easy. I spend more time being grateful for what I have instead of focusing on what isn't working. I no longer believe that people have to do things my way and that I have to be perfect.

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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.

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My point is, life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The pina and the colada.

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When your heart is broken, when your heart has cracks in it, it l... by Ellen DeGeneres

When your heart is broken, when your heart has cracks in it, it lets the light in.

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The definition of success changes. Success is to live your life with integrity and not give in to peer pressure to be something you're not. Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else's path; unless you're in the woods and you're lost and you see a path, then by all means, you should follow that.

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