Padma Lakshmi Quotes - Page 3

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• I always loved my bangles, I can't remember a time when I didn't have a bangle on.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Remember, Bangles, I Can

  "Padma Lakshmi On Her New Jewelry Line (And The Dos And Don'ts Of Bling!)". Interview with Tracey Lomrantz Lester, www.glamour.com. April 30, 2009.

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• I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Sometimes

  "The GQA: Padma Lakshmi". Interview with Dan Hyman, www.gq.com. November 30, 2011.

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• I work out all the time! I don't just sit around and eat burgers whenever I want. Oh, if I could I probably would, but I don't.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Work Out, Burgers, Want

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• I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?

  Padma Lakshmi

  Friendship, Thinking, Secret

  "What Padma Lakshmi's Learned: Women Issue Preview" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 27, 2010.

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• I usually doze off between 7:30 and 9 p.m. while putting my baby to sleep. Then I suddenly wake up remembering I'm an adult with no bedtime. I spend the next four hours catching up on reading, e-mails, and other adult pursuits until I collapse for good until sunrise.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Baby, Reading, Sleep

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• I love clothes, but really I don't have that much to say about skirts. Before I was writing, I went to fashion shows only when the designer was a good friend and I was there to show support.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Fashion, Writing, Good Friend

  "Beautiful and damned" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2006.

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• If you like a wine that you drink, now with your phone, it's so easy. Just take a picture of the label. You learn about it. You learn where it comes from and what the soil is like and why you like it. And that'll lead you to another wine.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Wine, Phones, Soil

  "And Now, Four Glasses of Wine with Padma Lakshmi". Interview with Matt Goulet, www.esquire.com. September 14, 2012.

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• I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York. I am the first one to admit I was a novelty.

  Padma Lakshmi

  New York, Careers, Paris

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com. December, 2007.

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• From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Children, Blessed, Simple

  "A model who eats? She wrote the book" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2004.

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• I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Thinking, Cameras, Eating

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• The cookbooks and the writing in general have been a real bonus, but it's not something I've ever pursued... I've been lucky, I guess.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Real, Writing, Lucky

  "Beautiful and damned" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2006.

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• Part of my job as a food writer is to describe food. So my work on 'Top Chef,' I feel, is an extension of that. When we give a criticism to the contestant, we want to make sure we tell them why it's not working and why it would work if they did it a different way.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Jobs, Giving, Criticism

  Interview with Dan Hyman, www.gq.com. November 30, 2011.

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• I grew up a vegetarian. Then, because I grew up in the states, I started slowly eating meat. First it was bologna sandwiches, or pepperoni on pizza.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Eating Meat, Sandwiches, Bologna

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• Each city has its own culinary landscape.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Cities, Landscape, Culinary

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

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• If you have children in your house you have Frosted Flakes.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Children, House, Flakes

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

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• There are two schools of fried chicken. One is brining in salted water and the other is soaking in either buttermilk or milk. I just combine the two.

  Padma Lakshmi

  School, Two, Water

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

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• All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Inspiring, Mothers Day, Want

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• Even the fried chicken is great cold.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Cold, Chickens, Fried Chicken

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors'". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

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• Don't use a different dish for every single ingredient. If you've got three ingredients that go in at the same time, put them all in the same plate. That way you have just one plate to dump in.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Different, Three, Use

  "'Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet': Padma's Passport to Flavors'". Interview With Brad Thomas Parsons, www.amazonbookreview.com. November 27, 2007.

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• I was lucky to have a successful career as a model, but that was just a way to pay off my college loans.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Successful, College, Careers

  "Beautiful and damned". Interview with Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2006.

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• The great thing about living today is that there is this thing called the Interweb, and you can just look up anything.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Looks, Today, Look Up

  "And Now, Four Glasses of Wine with Padma Lakshmi". Interview with Matt Goulet, www.esquire.com. September 14, 2012.

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• DON'T wear loud clanging bangles at work, it's disruptive and noisy and your coworkers won't appreciate it! Bangles should have a gentle wind-chimey tinkle, not the crash bang of a million pots and pans.

  Padma Lakshmi

  Should Have, Wind, Appreciate

  "Padma Lakshmi On Her New Jewelry Line (And The Dos And Don'ts Of Bling!)". Interview with Tracey Lomrantz Lester, www.glamour.com. April 30, 2009.

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