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Seriously...I'm Kidding

Ellen Degeneres' winning, upbeat candor has made her show one of the most popular, resilient and honored daytime shows on the air, and her life makes for great (and very funny) reading. "I've experienced a whole lot the last few years and

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“At a four-way stop sign, the person with the prettiest eyes has the right of way.”

— Ellen Degeneres, books.google.com

Tagged: Stop Signs, beauty

“Happiness comes from within. You have the power to change your own mind-set so that all the negative, horrible thoughts that try to invade your psyche are replaced with happy, positive, wonderful thoughts.”

— Ellen Degeneres, books.google.com

Tagged: Happiness, positive, Psyche, Negativity

“When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.”

— Ellen Degeneres, books.google.com

Tagged: risks, Success, Failure

“Laugh. Laugh as much as you can. Laugh until you cry. Cry until you laugh. Keep doing it even if people are passing you on the street saying, ‘I can't tell if that person is laughing or crying, but either way they seem crazy, let's walk faster.’ Emote. It's okay. It shows you are thinking and feelin…”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: Laughter, Crying

“When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: Never Give Up, risks, Failure

“I don't need a baby growing inside me for nine months. If I'm going to feel nauseous and achy when I wake up, I want to achieve that state the old-fashioned way: getting good and drunk the night before.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: Women in Comedy, Drunk, Drinking, Pregnancy

“Accept who you are. Unless you're a serial killer.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: Women in Comedy, Serial Killers, Funny, Self-Acceptance

“The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens. We can't be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we're not all there is. If so, we're in big trouble.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

“I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: food, eating, Weight

“True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: beauy, inner beauty, Principles

“I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: looks, Fitness

“Beauty isn't between a size two and a size eight. It's not a number at all. It is not physical.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: beauty, looks

“I think that kindness is an innate quality that we all have. We need to see more of it in the world.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: kindness, Friendship, Love

“Crying's good. It prepares you for life.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: Crying, Sadness, Life

“Don't look behind you. Unless someone yells, "Look out behind you!" Then you should definitely look behind you because there's a good chance a Frisbee is being thrown at your head or, if you're in a movie, an attractive teenage vampire is about to attack you.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: Past, Future

“Sometimes the greatest things are the most embarrassing.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: embarrassing, Greatness

“I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: Growing Up, Mistakes, Learning

“Be kind to one another.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: kindness, Peace, Friendship

“It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: Success, Failure, Perspective

“Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.”

— Ellen Degeneres, amazon.com

Tagged: Happiness, Passion