I want people to like me - but not at my expense. I just learned that there are too many people who are going to have an opinion about me whether I am kind to them or not. I can't control what they're feeling. I am not a yeller and I don't have a temper, but I do want people to do their best. And if someone is a friend and I see that they're doing stuff that is not helping them grow, I will make it a point to talk to them about it.
Ellen DeGeneresWay, way back in the day, like in the 1990s, if you wanted to tell everyone you ate waffles for breakfast, you couldnโt just go on the Internet and tweet it out. There was only one way to do it. You had to go outside and scream at the top of your lungs, 'I ate waffles for breakfast!' Thatโs why so many people ended up in institutions. They seemed crazy, but when you think about it, they were just ahead of their time.
Ellen DeGeneresNever follow anyone elseโs path, unless youโre in the woods and youโre lost and you see a path and by all means you should follow that. Donโt give advice, it will come back and bite you in the ass. Donโt take anyoneโs advice. So my advice to you is to be true to yourself and everything will be fine.
Ellen DeGeneresAll of my friends were seeing a therapist, and I thought something was wrong with me that I didn't see a therapist. So I went to a therapist to find out why I wasn't seeing a therapist. And it turns out I'm very screwed up. Thank God I found a therapist to tell me for $125 an hour.
Ellen DeGeneresYou know how you always expect someone to think the same as you and then your like, really shocked when they don't? Like when it's a cold day and you turn to the person next to you and say, 'Its so cold, aren't you cold?' and then they say 'no.' It's kinda like, 'what, are you a communist?'
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