The list is endless. Women Only Over Fifty (WOOFers) who lead vibrant, meaningful lives and just seem to get younger every day.
She insisted "The show must go on!" when laid up with a torn back ligament and interviewed guests from a hospital bed on the set.
She followed two former US presidents to the podium at a Tulane University commencement in New Orleans wearing a bathrobe and furry slippers. "They told me everyone would be wearing robes," she said.
She was picked to voice the character Dory, a fish with short-term memory loss, in the animated movie "Finding Nemo" after the film's director said she typically changed the subject five times before finishing a sentence on her show.
She's a TV talk show host, a standup comic, a multiple-time award show host (and Emmy winner), the new American Idol judge, and an advocate for human and animal rights. And funny as hell.
Thank you, Ellen DeGeneres, for making life a whole lot more fun and reminding WOOFers everywhere to stay a puppy at heart!
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***** (Five Star Rating) Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI)
******************************* "Mid-life still means you have about half of it to go. "Women Only Over 50: Who Are Still Puppies at Heart" is targeted at the middle-aged woman who is faced with several new challenges but still wants to live their lives to the fullest. Wrinkles, the departure of children, weight gain, and so much more is discussed with wit and wisdom, making "Women Only Over 50" an ideal gift to oneself or a beloved WOOFer." *******************************
"You have to start by changing the story you tell yourself about getting older...The minute you say to yourself, 'Time is everything, and I'm going to make sure that time is used the way I dream it should be used,' then you've got a whole different story."—Diane Sawyer
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"Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical." —Sophia Loren
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