Twinkle Khanna Quotes
Now that I look back, all the things that I was teased about, became game changers and my strengths. That's what we have to learn as mothers. We push our children so much to be perfect, but it's their imperfections that make them unique.
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I've been called 'Bruce Lee.' I've been called other less offensive, but equally stupid and racist kind of terms.
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I always enjoyed writing. I did playlets in high school, I did radio shows in college. That's one of the reasons I went down to Second City, because you could do acting and writing.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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The coolest part about 'God Made Girls' is you had all these different women writing it, so you had all these different perspectives in this song.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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With the mega – fame came the mega – downfall – you know, with the press and everything – and at a young age, it was very stressful to me.
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I made that first record in 2008, alongside the EP, but my label at the time waited three years to release it. They thought maybe someone bigger would buy it, but they didn't, so in the end they just released it themselves.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugly faces rather than for a relatively well-endowed woman.
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I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.
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I always dreamed of going to the Olympics. To be going to the Games in your own country is another thing; to do it as a potential medallist is another thing again.
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
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My mom is a therapist, and my dad has a doctorate in psychology, and growing up, I felt 'very understood.'
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I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.
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I think the future takes care of itself.
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Move beyond the educated elite, and the great majority in most countries outside Europe don't speak English.
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When people don't believe in you, you have to believe in yourself.
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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
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You can take a sidewards step in the Premier League, go to a team in the Championship or come to a team in League One.
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Now that I look back, all the things that I was teased about, became game changers and my strengths. That's what we have to learn as mothers. We push our children so much to be perfect, but it's their imperfections that make them unique.
