Mindy Kaling Quotes

In my mind, the sexiest thing in the world is the feeling that you’re wanted.

Mindy Kaling

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• I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.

  

  Aaron Johnson
  • School
  • Me
  • Wanted

• Out of all the clubs who were interested, I got the feeling that, deep down, Chelsea showed that they really wanted me. There were lots of reasons I came to Chelsea. They showed a real desire to get me to come here. I didn't have to think about it too much.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Feeling
  • Desire
  • Wanted

• I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Money
  • Why
  • Imagination

• I'm always looking for complicated characters in fiction about whom I can feel a dozen feelings at once - in the space of a single paragraph, even.

  

  Edan Lepucki
  • Single
  • Space
  • Feelings

• I read that book, 'Lonesome Dove,' and I told my agent that they were gonna make a miniseries out of it and I wanted to be in it. I didn't care what part.

  

  Barry Corbin
  • Book
  • Care
  • Wanted

• Musically, I always wanted to experiment.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Always
  • Wanted
  • Experiment

• One of the most powerful feelings in the world is after a really, really long run.

  

  Ellie Goulding
  • World
  • Long
  • Running

• For sentimental reasons, she wanted the front license plate and the steering wheel to make a clock with.

  

  Paul Williams The Temptations
  • She
  • Wanted
  • Sentimental

• Even animals who sometimes seem unlovable to humans, have also feelings. They can suffer just as we do.

  

  Sabrina Marie Le Beauf
  • Suffering
  • Feelings
  • Animal

• I met people on college campuses who were defining themselves as genderqueer to express revolutionary feelings, or to communicate their individuality; they were gender fluid without being gender dysphoric. This phenomenon may be culturally significant, but it has only a little bit in common with the people who feel they can have no authentic self in their birth gender.

  

  Andrew Solomon
  • People
  • May
  • College

• What I really wanted was to travel and see all the different animals that were on the verge of extinction.

  

  Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Different
  • Travel
  • Wanted

• We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones.

  

  Andy Rooney
  • Giving
  • Feeling
  • Proud

• Vaisey said, "Is it because your parents don't understand you?" Charlie said, "No, it's because our parents understand us very well, and that is why they wanted us to go away.

  

  Louise Rennison
  • Why
  • Parents
  • Said

• A bad feeling is a commotion of the mind repugnant to reason, and against nature.

  

  Zeno of Citium
  • Mind
  • Bad
  • Nature

• I think particularly on the left, progressives wanted more bombast and more.

  

  Dahlia Lithwick
  • Thinking
  • Wanted
  • Left

• More truly characteristic of dissent is a dignity, an elevation, of mood and thought and phrase. Deep conviction and warm feeling are saying their last say with knowledge that the cause is lost. The voice of the majority may be that of force triumphant, content with the plaudits of the hour, and recking little of the morrow. The dissenter speaks to the future, and his voice is pitched to a key that will carry through the years.

  

  Benjamin Cardozo
  • May
  • Future
  • Feeling

• Mama says that, happiness is from magic rays of sunshine that come down when you're feeling blue.

  

  Adam Sandler
  • Feeling
  • Happiness
  • Feelings

• The panelists on To Tell The Truth, which is the one that I really knew, they cared about getting it right. They wanted to guess, you know? Although, when I was on as a contestant, the one time I was on as a contestant, apparently they had a rule, which was that when children were on, everybody would get a vote - and Kitty Carlisle voted for me.

  

  Cynthia Nixon
  • Time
  • Children
  • Truth

• The melody and the structure of a song always comes first for me, so the emotions behind it can sometimes be a challenge: What am I feeling about this song? Where did the melody come from? I want it to be heartfelt.

  

  Avey Tare Animal Collective
  • Song
  • Feelings
  • Challenges

• When something comes up that attacks people's beliefs, their first reaction tends to be fear.

  

  J. D. Pardo
  • People
  • Up
  • Fear

• It does feel like the middle ground has fallen out. I'm only saying that from personal experience, saying, "I'd like to make that movie" and hearing, "Oh, they're not making those types of movies anymore."

  

  Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Experience
  • Movie
  • Middle

• If you're not putting enough time into the music, there's not gonna be a whole lot of it. So in my eyes, success is just being able to do what I love for a living, spend all my time doing it, connect with fans, and continue that for a long f - king time.

  

  G-Eazy
  • Time
  • Music
  • Long

• In my mind, the sexiest thing in the world is the feeling that you’re wanted.

  

  Mindy Kaling
  • Feelings
  • Wanted