Padma Lakshmi Quotes

People are thrown off by someone who looks feminine, but is also strong. It's not that pretty girls aren't smart, it's that women aren't strong.

Padma Lakshmi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: chef
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: September 1, 1970

Topics

WomenSmartPeopleStrongSomeone

As I grew up and began identifying myself as a feminist, there were plenty of issues that continued to make me question marriage: the father 'giving' the bride away, women taking their husband's last name, the white dress, the vows promising to 'obey' the groom. And that only covers the wedding.

Jessica Valenti

MarriageFatherWomenMyselfDress

Everybody could use the money, but you don't play for it - you play with your heart - and that's a big difference you see in Barcelona. Everybody wants to play there; everybody wants to enjoy themselves. It's maybe a small percentage, but maybe it's the difference.

Johan Cruyff

HeartMoneySmallEnjoyYouPlay

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.

Jeremy Taylor

FriendTogetherGoldenThreadHearts

Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.

Andrew Weil

FearDirectionGreedPushHuman

When I first came in the league, I thought Jack Clark and Steve Garvey were big. Then all of sudden it seemed like everyone was that big.

John Kruk

ThoughtFirstEveryoneBigLike

One must be aesthetically long-termist in selecting a man - it's like purchasing a farmhouse in the south of France. Sure, it's beautiful to look at, but will the roof stay on?

Robert Rinder

BeautifulManLookWillRoofStay

In the Belgian air force a general supposedly saw a UFO, tracked it with his plane, photographed it with his wing cameras. And I believe it because I said to myself why would this person, not getting paid for this, do it unless it actually happened or he thought it happened.

Robert Stack

MyselfBelieveThoughtPersonSaid

We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential.

Tony Snow

HopePeoplePossibleHumanRebuild

I love to improvise when it's appropriate and encouraged by a producer.

Rob Paulsen

LoveProducerImproviseI Love

When you say you're 40, you can't call yourself an ingenue any more.

Molly Ringwald

YourselfYouSayMoreCallAny

It's 90 percent rejection, being an actor.

Jason Robards

RejectionActorBeingPercent

I like Frenchmen very much, because even when they insult you they do it so nicely.

Josephine Baker

YouInsultBecauseLikeEvenMuch

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