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

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Ellen DeGeneres
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 26
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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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In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.
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It would be horrible to live with someone who didn't like the same things you like.
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If we lose our phones, we lose our phone books. You don't memorize numbers anymore.
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