“For a long time I thought I knew for sure who I was. I grew up in New Orleans and became a comedian. And there was everything that came along with that. The nightclubs. The smoking. The drinking. Then I turned 13.”

—  Ellen DeGeneres

"What Ellen DeGeneres Knows for Sure (She Thinks)" http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/What-Ellen-DeGeneres-Knows-for-Sure-Ellens-O-Magazine-Cover, The December 2009 issue of O magazine

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