Ellen Degeneres Human Condition

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The human condition. Life is full of hardships, adversities, struggles, discrimination and situations. The human condition is the way a person would overcome these obstacles and hardships and as a result, comes out stronger than before and inspires those around them and around the world. Ellen Degeneres is an impeccable model of the human condition and shows what it is like to overcome hardships and come out of these struggles even stronger. Although Ellen Degeneres has faced these hardships and adversities herself, she has inspired thousands of people, always put others before herself and has always lended a helping hand to anyone in need or anyone going through these hardships she had once faced.

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