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While I was doing stand-up, I thought I knew for sure that success

While I was doing stand-up, I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought people wanted me to be. Id say yes when I wanted to say no, and I even wore a few dresses. – Ellen DeGeneres

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My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the hell she is. – Ellen DeGeneres

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I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe were all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose… When you connect with that love and that compassion, thats when everything unfolds. – Ellen DeGeneres

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