Padma Lakshmi Quotes
I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov
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The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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I couldn't do any of my other characters, you know? But I could have done the lady. Church Lady's Malibu Beach party is an idea I have for a movie, too. Yes.
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To be forced to defend oneself is an inherently undesirable position to be in. The focus shifts from ideas to the person conveying them.
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I have this assemblage of small facts, which looks like intelligence but no real depth of knowledge about anything. That's why I'm an actor.
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In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.
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Chile's mines are very dangerous; the country has a lot of earthquakes.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.
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A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dixie Chicks album.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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You always have good shows and bad shows. People want a certain amount of each. It's just widening the market a little bit. The involvement of people at home is just broadening things.
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I just love the idea of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, whether it's the success of 'Cool Runnings,' which is the success of four guys from Jamaica who had never seen snow, or whether it's my success, just as a human being.
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You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person.
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I got a pair of red, synthetic satin women's pants through the post the other day with a phone number on. That was quite strange. I haven't tried the phone number. In times of stress I may.
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You have the upmost amount of energy because you're not just having a cocktail at the end of the night. You're actually not drinking alcohol and you're keeping your body really clean and it's an amazing feeling to be getting out all the toxins.
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I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.
