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Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.
Portia de Rossi
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Portia de Rossi
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: January 31
Actress
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Horsham
Victoria
Australia
Portia Lee James DeGeneres
Amanda Lee Rogers
Portia DeGeneres
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My feelings for Ellen overrode all of my fear about being out as a lesbian. I had to be with her, and I just figured I'd deal with the other stuff later.
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I did a lot of fast talking as a youth I was pretty good at it. I was never talked into it - I was always the one doing the talking.
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I love to work. I really enjoy getting up really early and driving downtown. I just really love the process of acting and being on a series.
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True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else it's about being better than you used to be.
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You don't have to be emaciated or vomiting to be suffering. All people who live their lives on a diet are suffering.
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My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me.
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I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that.
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