I prefer to believe that people are good and honest and respect me enough to tell me the truth. It's not easy to find those people all the time, but they're out there.
Interpretation
The quote reflects an optimistic view of human nature, emphasizing the value of honesty and goodness in relationships.
Ellen Degeneres expresses her belief in the fundamental goodness and honesty of people, suggesting that while it may be challenging to find individuals who embody these traits consistently, they do exist. This perspective encourages a positive outlook in interactions with others, fostering trust and respect in relationships.
In practice
During a motivational speech about building trust in teams.
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.
Every government interference in the economy consists of giving an unearned benefit, extorted by force, to some men at the expense of others.
Whatever man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself.
Introspection is always retrospection
The problem with spending your life climbing up the ladder is that you will go right past Jesus, for he's coming down.
With Christ, it is not how much we give, but what we do not give that is the real test.
Our beliefs, our values shape the way we look out at the world and the way we treat it. If we believe that we were here, placed here by God, that this - all of this creation is for us, it's for us to go and occupy, dominate and exploit, then we will proceed to do that.
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