Payal Kadakia Quotes
When I first started out, there were times I would dress or act in a way because I thought it was expected of me or that people would take me more seriously. But once I started leading in a way that was authentically me, that is when I really started to see success.
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I don't feel closeted.
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It's not what you wear it's how you wear it, is what I say.
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I must stick with Chinese language films.
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I can't figure out how you can hire a coach and tell him how you want him to play.
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I love working in New York.
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As a child, the person I admired most in the world was Lana Turner! She seemed the epitome of glamour, and her glitzy surroundings so enviable, the opposite of my mother's extremely banal taste.
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When I first started out, there were times I would dress or act in a way because I thought it was expected of me or that people would take me more seriously. But once I started leading in a way that was authentically me, that is when I really started to see success.
