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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All revolutions are impossible until they happen. Then they become inevitable
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Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.
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Food is not just fuel. Food is about family, food is about community, food is about identity. And we nourish all those things when we eat well.
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The Chinese state is constructed in an entirely different way from western states. Unlike European states, for over a millennium the Chinese state has not been obliged to compete for power with rivals such as the church, the aristocracy or merchants.
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I spent a lot of time in churches. If you go to a synagogue, someone is always asking if you're alone, if you're married. In a church, in a hundred years no one would ask.
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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.
