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    Kelly is deeply affected by Ellen’s disease. She is supportive of Ellen and wants her to get better. Kelly states that when she looks at pictures of herself at prom or graduation, she does not reflect on the good times she had but thinks about what Ellen was doing during that time, either in the hospital, in a treatment center, or at home doing well. Another strength comes from the Transformation House family. In this house, Ellen has many friends. One, in particular, she is close to is Luke.

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    Ellen DeGeneres is most certainly one of the most profound women to have ever lived in America. She overcame difficulties such as a tough childhood and a late start in her comedic career with great strength. With humor, DeGeneres developed a charismatic and amiable personality that led to her outstanding career as a television talk show host. DeGeneres easily worked her way to the top of her career field. She uses her prominence as a leader in society to help the less fortunate. DeGeneres’s early

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    Finding Nemo is a family friendly and crazy movie. The movie displays what family should do for each other and are generally willing to go through to save each other. The movie came out in mid 2003 and was a huge hit with just about every family that watched it. Finding Nemo is a great example of a hero’s journey, because the story tells us from the time that Marlin goes on his first adventure all the way to his freedom to live. To start off our story, we need to go from the beginning. Marlin and

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    Dianne is an inspirational woman who has changed the lives of many of her family members and friends. Though Dianne has gone through some tough times herself, she still keeps going and has lived an incredibly interesting life. This is the story of Dianne Oliphant-Birch, my mother and my best friend. It was a warm, sunny afternoon on December 25th, 1974 when Marion Christina Manson-Oliphant and Raymond Stanley Oliphant brought a beautiful baby girl, Dianne, into the world. It was an amazing day

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    The movies Finding Nemo and newly released movie Finding Dory brought fish to life. People instantly fell in love with these movie characters wanted their own Nemo, Marlin, and Dory, but did you ever wonder how the pet stores get the fish you buy? How did the pet stores get the fish? Some fish are captive bred, but others are caught in the wild. Is it safe to catch wild caught fish? The answer is no. most of the time it is not because people catch the fish using a poison called cyanide. This

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    Ellen Degeneres was given a chance at success by all the opportunities the free enterprise system offers. Although her most well known product is not exactly tangible, the ability for her to express her individuality and positive attitude granted her the success she possesses today. Ellen Degeneres is a talk show host that began her career starring in a sitcom. When she openly embraced her true self, her career took a turn. Fortunately, the openness the free enterprise offers granted her the opportunity

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    Andrew Stanton was educated at The California Institute of the Arts (or "CalArts") in Los Angeles, where he studied character animation. He also is a director, screenwriter, producer, and occasional voice actor. Main actors were Albert Brooks (Marlin), Ellen DeGeneres (Dory) & Alexander Gould (Nemo). Finding nemo had 49 wins out of their 61 nominations. Finding nemo was mainly about his dad looking for him he passed by so many unexpected things and meanwhile, nemo was stuck at a dentist fish tank. Finding

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    Ellen DeGeneres is a comical genius. She can take the most inane situations and use them to deliver punch lines with impeccable timing and inflection. Her warm and disarming deadpan combined with a quick wit has made her a favorite personality on daytime TV. Ellen’s comedy is based on intelligent observation rather than mean-spirited attack or scatological filler. The way she keeps us laughing, crying, and of course dancing, helps us live lighter, happier, better lives. So it’s a little preposterous

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    In the life teaching and entertaining movie Finding Nemo, directed by Andrew stanton, and Lee Unkrich, Marlin goes through a long and interesting journey to get his son back. First of all, Marlin’s wife dies by a vicious Bear acuda. Both her and Marlin were outside of their home just talking how they would be great parents. Then all of a sudden the acuda was just staring at them like a hawk.”Coral, get inside the house, Coral. No, Coral, don't. They'll be fine. Just get inside.” Marlin’s wife’s reaction

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    Another prime example of this goes no further than a beloved Disney movie. In the 2003 movie “Finding Nemo”, it features 3 unique characters: Nemo, a young, physically disabled fish, Marlin, Nemo’s father and a fish with anxiety and PTSD, and Dory, a mentally disabled fish with short-term memory loss and no sense of direction. All 3 were portrayed as being perfectly capable of being “normal” protagonists, and none of their disabilities were played out just to make you feel sorry for them or as a

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