Payal Kadakia Quotes
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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I always say that I'm at my best when there's no example of what the character is supposed to be. I thrive when there's not much and I have to create it.
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There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.
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I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, and I waited tables here three to four nights a week for several years while I was trying to support myself and my daughter and the day I got that acceptance at Harvard Law School was an unforgettable day.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.
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The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies.
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Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.
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I've been an atheist since I was nine years old. And my mom is really religious, so we have a strange relationship. But if my mother was right, what would be the reason that the gods could let anything bad happen in the world?
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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
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No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone and ivory is that bone is free and not illegal.
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In Wisconsin, style-wise, it was all about bundling up, maybe wearing a hat and forgetting about your hair.
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It drives me crazy when guys making $30 million are complaining about playing basketball two days in a row.
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There's a real moral imperative in being an organization that takes the time to sit and listen to the customers and the people they're serving.
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Unlike others who have been caught swearing on camera, I apologised immediately. And yet I am the only person banned for swearing. That doesn't seem right.
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Growing up, I was always creatively inclined, and when YouTube came about, it was like getting the perfect platform to showcase what I wanted. Personally, I was going through a dark phase in my life, and I decided to make videos and basically go by the adage, 'If you want to cheer up yourself, go cheer up someone else.'
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Growing up as a South Asian-American, I didn't have any female role models.
