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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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 -
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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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
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I genuinely only want to work with people that I agree with on certain things. There were many sponsors I didn't want to work with because I didn't agree with their messages that they wanted to use me to convey.
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Karl Lagerfeld looks very tough because of the glasses, and he has all these rings and the leather gloves, and he's so smart. But he's a very nice person... when he comes into a room or studio, he is going to say hello to each person, and the same when he leaves.
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I saw an advertisement to work for a Swedish institute in Karachi in Pakistan. I had just been offered a permanent assignment, teaching in Oulu. But I felt, 'My God, I am not going to stay here forever.' You know why? Because I was following international events.
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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.
