admire is Ellen DeGeneres. I admire her for many reasons. One of them is the positive effect that she has on many peoples lives. People write to her all the time telling Ellen that her show is what gets them through a difficult day. She ’s always helping people that could use it too. Her show is always helping families out by giving them money‚ cars and paying tuition’s. Most of all the admire the positive outlook on life that she has about life‚ and how she remains true to herself. Ellen has received
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Ellen DeGeneres was born January 26‚ 1958 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. Growing up Ellen had always dreamed of being a veterinarian‚ but she was not book smart‚ so instead she sold vacuums‚ waited tables‚ painted‚ and worked as a legal secretary. “Once‚ during a public speaking event‚ DeGeneres found herself frightened by the crowd and used humor to get through the experience. She was a hit‚ and received offers to do stand-up comedy. She began performing in 1981‚ bolstered by her mother’s moral and
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Ellen DeGeneres‚ is an American stand-up comedian‚ television host‚ and actress. At one time‚ hundreds of companies and families as well as Republicans were submitting briefs urging the 9 judges to allow gay people to marry. Ellen displayed her courage when she stood up for her beliefs by making her homosexuality public despite the odds stacked against her if she did so. She even wrote a letter to the Supreme Court to appeal to them to support gay rights and marriage. In her letter‚ she wrote
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Ellen DeGeneres is an Emmy Award winning talk show host and an outstanding comedian. Some of you may know her as the voice of Dory on Finding Nemo‚ or even as a judge on American Idol. Whatever you know her from‚ you probably know that Ellen isn’t afraid to be unique. Ellen talks about being true to yourself. She says‚ “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.” I chose Ellen for
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Ellen Degeneres said once‚ “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”. Many people try to be like their role model in life. When that role model has the courage to be themselves‚ their influence can be worldwide. One person that shows that type of courage and stands out from the rest is Ellen Degeneres. “According to Newhart‚ DeGeneres is the bravest and most honest female comedian he
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Ellen DeGeneres is widely known as a comedian‚ television show host‚ sitcom creator‚ and most of all an enjoyable happy person. Elle DeGeneres has made a passion of what she does for a living and has contributed and donated thousands of dollars to notable charities. In 2006 she had donated thousands of dollars to the Hurricane Katrina cause which has greatly affected Tulane University. Tulane University had asked Ellen to write and perform a speech at the 2006 spring commencement graduation and she
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Biography- Ellen DeGeneres Birth: “For me it’s that I contributed… That I’m on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That to me is the most important thing‚ that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all negative stuff in life.” This was written by Ellen Lee DeGeneres who was born on January 26‚ 1958 in Metairie‚ Louisiana‚ a suburb of New Orleans. She was born to Elliot and Betty DeGeneres‚ and has an older brother‚ Vance DeGeneres. Her father was
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daytime talk show that is aired on NBC called The Ellen DeGeneres Show. The show is on during the week and each day she has a wide variety of guests. The main goal of the show is to make people laugh. The show comes on right after the local news‚ which in todays society is always filled with sad and depressing news. Ellen wants to be the person to make everyone smile after listening to all the negative things being said on the news. Each episode she starts the show off with a funny monologue about
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“It is too early to study the historical significance of Ellen DeGeneres’s coming out‚ yet this chapter can be a starting point for researchers to consider long-term attitude shifts in this society about homosexuality.” -- the April 14‚ 1997‚ Time magazine. In this cover article of Time She has won countless awards‚ has a hit talk show‚ and even has her own ride at Epcot; Ellen DeGeneres has revolutionized how society views/normalized the LGBT community. Her talk show was canceled after she came
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Ellen DeGeneres is an extremely famous talk show host who is viewed by millions Monday thru Friday all over the country. DeGeneres is known as a very caring person who would give the shirt off her back to someone in need. In turn‚ her caring and positivity has made her a billionaire. DeGeneres is no Stanger to giving back‚ as she donates to many charities all over the world and has many of her own. DeGeneres is a comedian‚ talk-show host‚ gay-lesbian activist‚ and animal rights activist. If Ellen
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