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A mullet and parachute pants might look odd, but Ellen jokes that looks don’t make you cool. She talks about taking risks, saying success and failure are both important. She also shares how she keeps falling in love with her friend Portia, showing that affection can grow over time.

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I won't have a hard time being brutally honest. But I won't be mean. You don't have to be mean to be…

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The truth is - and this is corny - I fall more in love with Portia all the time. I really do.…

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So excited for the Apple Watch. For centuries, we've checked the time by looking at our phones. Having it on your wrist?…

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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…

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When there's time for whistling, there's a lot of time on a show.

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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?

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“I spend a lot of time exploring my body. Hang on, that doesn't sound quite right. What I mean to say is,…

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Standup is more me talking the entire time. There's definitely an exchange of energy because that room, that audience, is giving back.

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What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool at all. I mean, I had a mullet and…

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I've moved about 10 times over the past 15 years. I don't move for the sole purpose of getting rid of stuff.…

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The first time probably people really were aware of me, I unfortunately had the title of Showtime's Funniest Person in America. And…

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I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness - and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of…

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For a long time I thought I knew for sure who I was. I grew up in New Orleans and became a…

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“What you look like on the outside is not what makes you cool... I mean, I had a mullet and I wore…

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Some people believe that to find happiness, you should live each day of your life as if it's your last because that…

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I gotta work out. I keep saying it all the time. I keep saying I gotta start working out. Its been about…

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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,…

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I don't pay attention to the number of birthdays. It's weird when I say I'm 53. It just is crazy that I'm…

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I know that every time I list something that I am, I am potentially alienating a whole group of people. Publicists and…

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It must be around forty, when you're "over the hill." I don't even know what that means and why it's a bad…

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No matter how popular you are as a stand-up - you can go out and fill a 10,000-seat arena and be smart…

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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,…

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Then you have these people in the movie theaters that talk the whole time during the movie. You ever go with somebody…

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“But what's important is that you enjoy and appreciate every day, and that's something you can accomplish by just living in the…

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“Sometimes I get so lost in the moment, I start running around my yard, flapping my arms like a seagull at the…

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There would be nothing to get me to run for president. I don't even understand how anyone would want that job at…

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I didn't go to college at all, any college, and I'm not saying you wasted your time or money, but look at…

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Have you seen the deer heads on the walls of bars, the ones wearing party hats, sunglasses and streamers? I feel sorry…

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I had a really tough time for a few years. My show was gone. My phone wasn't ringing. There wasn't one job…

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I had done a sitcom and a movie and hosted the Emmys, and all of a sudden, I lost everything. As someone…

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There's always time to do things that you're passionate about. ... If my name helps get something out there that I believe…

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Answers to Frequently Asked Questions: Yes. Yes. No. One time in high school. Three times in my twenties. Rocks no salt. Yes.…

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We all feel like idiots at one time or another. Even if we feel we're cool 98 percent of the time, that…

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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,…

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There is something about TM. It is the only time I have that stillness... It gives me this peaceful feeling-I just love…

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I always worry when someone's a good golfer. It's like you shouldn't have time to be good at anything. You should just…

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I still have the shirt I wore my first time on Johnny Carson's show. Only now I use it as a tablecloth…

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I'm a - I'm a, um, a godmother which is just, that's fun to be a godmother, she is so precious, she's…

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Actually this is really funny - one time she accidentally forgot to leave a note and I had no idea she had…

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I wanted to have money; I wanted to be special; I wanted people to like me; I wanted to be famous.

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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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Answers to Frequently Asked Questions: Yes. Yes. No. One time in high school. Three times in my twenties. Rocks no salt. Yes. Four. Never.…

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Actually this is really funny - one time she accidentally forgot to leave a note and I had no idea she had even moved.…

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A circus! 100 clowns of injustice have climbed out of the tiny clown car of this court room.

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Gratitude is looking on the brighter side of the life, even if it means hurting your eyes.

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What's New Orleans without music? And what's music without dancing?

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The legend goes that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. I was thinking... that must be hard to put all the tiny…

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