I know that every time I list something that I am, I am potentially alienating a whole group of people. Publicists and managers will encourage you not to say what political party you belong to, what you eat, what you don't eat, who you sleep with and all that stuff.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the challenges of expressing one's identity publicly while being aware of potential alienation.
Ellen Degeneres expresses the difficulty of being open about personal identity in the public eye, acknowledging that every aspect of her identity could alienate or offend certain groups of people. This reflects a broader struggle many face between authenticity and acceptance, particularly in an age where personal beliefs and choices can lead to divisive interpretations.
In practice
During a speech on acceptance and diversity, you can use this quote to illustrate the struggles of being true to oneself.
Now,I'm no scientist,but I know what endorphins are. They're tiny little magical elves that swim through your blood stream and tell funny jokes to each other. When they reach your brain,you hear what they're saying and that boosts your health and happiness. "Knock Knock... Who's There?.. Little endorphin... Little endorphin who?... Little Endorphin Annie." And then the endorphins laugh and then you laugh. See? Its Science.
Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.
When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.
I personally chose to go vegan because I educated myself on factory farming and cruelty to animals, and I suddenly realized that what was on my plate were living things, with feelings. And I just couldn't disconnect myself from it any longer. I read books like 'Diet for a New America' and saw documentaries like 'Earthlings' and 'Meet your Meat,' and it became an easy choice for me.
If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit's eyes, they should throw it in Charles Manson's eyes and ask him if it hurts.
I think beauty comes from actually knowing who you are. That's real beauty to me.
Lukewarm people call 'radical' what Jesus expected of all His followers.
Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.
Suppose time is a circle, bending back on itself. The world repeats itself, precisely, endlessly.
So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake of noble actions.
Awareness requires a rupture with the world we take for granted; then old categories of experience are called into question and revised.
I like people. I like animals, too-whales and quail, dinosaurs and dodos. But I like human beings especially, and I am unhappy that the pool of human germ plasm, which determines the nature of the human race, is deteriorating.
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