I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.
Interpretation
The quote humorously critiques the inconsistency in how we display beauty, contrasting the trophy of a deer with personal photographs of loved ones.
Ellen Degeneres's quote cleverly highlights the irony in the way people display trophies of hunted animals, like deer heads, as symbols of beauty, while she prefers to keep memories of her family in photographs. It suggests a deeper consideration of what we value and choose to exhibit in our lives, poking fun at how societal norms may prioritize certain types of beauty over more personal connections.
In practice
In a comedy show discussing what beauty means in society.
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.
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.
I think a joke is a form of truth-telling. A good joke that's absurd contains elements of our daily darkness and also a possibility to escape that darkness. So, for me, humor is an attempt to capture everyday tragedy and everyday hopeful moments that we experience all of the time.
I think that what comes through in Chicago humor is the affection. Even though you're poking fun at someone or something, there's still an affection for it.
People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any forum that would require me to stop talking for three hours.
Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.
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