Author: Al Baker

Amy Poehler

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AMY POEHLER
“In middle school, my demon would receive my school picture and maybe gently suggest I do something about those eyebrows, but for the most part it left me alone. Then I started caring about boys. Boys, who were going through their own battles, started to point things out about me I hadn’t yet noticed. I looked like a frog. I smiled like a Muppet. One told me to stop looking at him with my big weird eyes. I looked in the mirror at my flat chest and my freckles and hear a sound. It was the demon. He moved in and demanded the top bunk. The demon still visits me often. I wish I could tell you that being on TV or having a nice picture in a magazine suddenly washes all of those thoughts away, but it really doesn’t.” People Magazine

Anne Hathaway

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ANNE HATHAWAY
“There are people who have said that I’m being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption — basically of gay rights — but with all due respect, I humbly dissent. I’m not being brave; I’m being a decent human being. And I don’t think I should receive an award for that or for merely stating what I believe to be true: that love is a human experience, not a political statement.” Human Rights Campaign

Ellen Degeneres

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ELLEN DEGENERES on Compassion

“The only way I am trying to influence people is to be more kind and compassionate to one another. That is the message that I am sending out. I don’t have an agenda. I’m not here to brainwash anyone. I want you to live your lives, being exactly who you are. Be true to yourself. The most important thing is to be true to yourself.” The Ellen Show