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

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Ellen DeGeneres
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 26
Actor
Comedian
Film Actor
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Screenwriter
Talk Show Host
Television Actor
Television Presenter
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Metairie
Louisiana
Ellen Lee DeGeneres
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Layers
Obstacles
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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.
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Really, he called me that? Ellen DeGenerate? I've been getting that since fourth grade. I guess I'm happy I could give him work.
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It's such an honor to receive the Mark Twain Prize. To get the same award that has been given to people like Bill Cosby, Tina Fey and Will Ferrell, it really makes me wonder… why didn't I get this sooner?
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I admire people who know they can't sing. There are so many people out there who can't sing, but they think they can, so they sing a lot.
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Being a teenager and figuring out who you are is hard enough without someone attacking you.
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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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It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.
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Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feeling.
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I just want to find somebody special, somebody that I click with.
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The good psychic would pick up the phone before it rang. Of course it is possible there was noone on the other line. Once she said God Bless you I said, I didn't sneeze She looked deep into my eyes and said, You will, eventually. And damn it if she wasn't right. Two days later I sneezed.
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I love clothes, so when I wear clothes, they're usually somebody's. You know, I'm not wearing Kmart.
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