Mindy Kaling Quotes

Write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands.

Mindy Kaling

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• There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.

  

  Lakhdar Brahimi
  • World
  • Now
  • Expression

• Some people ask, 'How do you attract the young and so many different people when your poetry is complicated and different?' I say, 'My accomplishment is that my readers trust me and accept my suggestions for change.'

  

  Mahmoud Darwish
  • People
  • Different
  • Change

• I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.

  

  Adam DeVine
  • Work
  • Down
  • Test

• We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.

  

  Gavin Newsom
  • People
  • Going
  • Turn

• Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.

  

  Walter Gropius
  • Space
  • Resources
  • Weight

• There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.

  

  Jack Youngblood
  • Times
  • Penalty
  • Those

• I never feel there's anything I can't do.

  

  Daniel Clowes
  • Never
  • Feel
  • Anything

• I never said most of the things I said.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Funny
  • Never
  • Said

• Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Beautiful
  • City
  • Thought

• You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
  • Strong
  • Culture

• Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march by.

  

  Mahmoud Darwish
  • Growing
  • Poetry
  • Wall

• Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Women
  • Failure
  • Greatness

• Going back to my film education, I always have that voice in my head that's always screaming, 'Sell out!' And that's good: you want that, because it keeps you on your toes, and it's important to remember what's actually important.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Good
  • Important
  • Remember

• We live in a democracy, and people are free to sometimes choose the wrong leader.

  

  Rand Paul
  • People
  • Live
  • Free

• A lot of people use a smiley face when they write letters. But it's this huge insane compulsion, like 'I'm happy! I swear!' I'm not buying it.

  

  Nate Lowman
  • People
  • Happy
  • Face

• Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Business
  • Effort
  • Reward

• All Americans have benefited from the dedicated service of Representative Henry Waxman. In every battle and in every moment that mattered most, Rep. Waxman stood up for the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the wild places we cherish.

  

  Frances Beinecke
  • Up
  • Water
  • Air

• I'm LeBron, baby. I can play on this level. I got some game.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Game
  • Baby

• My favorite Dominican dish to indulge in is anything with crab.

  

  Pharrell Williams N.E.R.D.

• In my office I have a sign that says, 'Don't think. Just write!' and that's how I work. I try not to worry about each word, or even each sentence or paragraph. For me, stories evolve. Writing is a process. I rewrite each sentence, each manuscript, many times.

  

  David A. Adler
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Worry

• I've been rewritten on past projects and thought, 'That's not what she was - she was this really powerful woman, and there's nothing wrong with that.' I'm going to keep writing them, and hopefully people will start making them.

  

  Allison Schroeder
  • People
  • Writing
  • She

• My soul is still Irish.

  

  Ciaran Hinds
  • Soul
  • Irish

• People truly reaching across boundaries - be they religious or race, political or geographic. A state that is sincerely civil and respectful of each individual's pathway toward life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness will be our goal.

  

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.
  • People
  • Life
  • Political

• Write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands.

  

  Mindy Kaling
  • Writing
  • Sometimes
  • Harder