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" People give me such a hard time because I don't wear dresses. What's that got to do with anything? "

Ellen DeGeneres

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" Trying to get the talk show, looking back on it, we had to beg a lot of station managers to pick up the show because people thought no one would watch it because I'm openly gay. "

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" The stand up, everything was accidental. I never grew up and was the class clown and had to get the attention. It was - it really is, I have a career despite myself. "

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" I learned compassion from being discriminated against. Everything bad that's ever happened to me has taught me compassion. "

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" People love their animals so much so that they put little clothes on them and necklaces and booties and things like that. And if you love your animal, then you should feed them something that's not dangerous for them. There's a lot of poisonous stuff that they're putting in a lot of that food, those by-products. "

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" If you want to get rid of stuff, you can always do a good spring-cleaning. Or you can do what I do. Move. "

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" I like being busy and juggling a lot of things at the same time. I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot. "

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" If you're going to be honest with yourself, you have to admit that you go into show business wanting people to talk about you and wanting everyone to know who you are. But that also means there are going to be a whole bunch of people who don't like you. No matter who you are. "

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