Padma Lakshmi Quotes
In a way that somebody else converts to Judaism or becomes a Hare Krishna, I belong to the church of fried chicken.
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I don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with your life. I just go out there and tell some stories, and people can relate.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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Corruption is not the sole test of your worthiness to form the government.
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Of course my parents are picky about the girls I date; my parents watch out for me.
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Urban America is like a foreign country in a sense.
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I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can't imagine my life any other way. I flew home and surprised my best friend at his graduation, and I remember turning to my mom and saying, 'My graduation was so much cooler than this.' I had Melissa Joan Hart give my commencement speech.
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Single mums do come in for a hard time. Society is incredibly judgmental. I know this.
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The cool thing about my show and me is that I'm a writer, and I'm a writer first if I don't have music.
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You know, every time a summer movie comes out, people think they're gonna get rich off of the merchandise.
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I've taken clowns into the war in Bosnia, the refugee camps of Kosovo, and none of those are any more important than clowning in a subway or an elevator or just walking down the street.
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I was really ambitious, so I was innovative. I was one of the first DJs to do live calls, 'cause I found this phone device that would pick up other people's voices.
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'Shocking' is like a bolt from the blue. It is something external that ruptures your world.
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I don't go to the sale rack. But I wouldn't say I am decadent in my spending. I am careful.
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I never like to be the same, whether it be comedy or drama, funny or serious.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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On TV, if you fluff your lines, nobody gives a toss. But if you fluff a penalty in the World Cup, well - we all know how much that matters.
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Kibbeh comes in all forms, but most feature bulgur and meat.
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I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.
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In South Florida, where there are so many beneficiaries, when Social Security isn't adjusted to reflect their increased costs, that affects their daily lives and their contributions to our local economy.
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Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
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For the source of any characteristic so widespread and uniform as this adaptation to environment we must go back to the very beginning of the human race.
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Damn all false antitheses to hell, for they generate false gods, they perpetuate idols, they twist and distort our souls, they launch the church into violent pendulum swings who oscillations succeed only in dividing brothers and sisters in Christ
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The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion.
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In a way that somebody else converts to Judaism or becomes a Hare Krishna, I belong to the church of fried chicken.
