Padma Lakshmi Quotes

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Padma Lakshmi

Profession : Chef

Birth : September 1, 1970

I know most people use their phones to tell time, but there's something very romantic and beautiful about a timepiece.

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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.

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I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.

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For a while, I became an atheist; now that I'm grown up, though, I'm not hard-edged enough to be an atheist. Even though I live with a flaming atheist, I love going to temple. I love all the rituals.

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Whenever I'm in sync with the trends, it's always an accident. I still love wearing clothes I've had for ten years. I think understated luxury is the chicest thing.

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I love seafood. I'm not a vegetarian but I'm probably a pescetarian.

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I tend to sleep in the nude... I'm a sensual-leaning woman. You have to use the word 'leaning' or it sounds like I'm boasting.

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I am a sufferer of endometriosis. I didn't want any young women to go through what I went through. I thought that people should know about it.

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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?

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I don't have any stigma attached to my body. When I'm in my own private space, I have very little on.

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You don't want your jewelry to make you look fat. A lot of what's out there now does - you just wind up looking like a Christmas tree.

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My first taste memory is pickle. Even as a kid, I was really weird. I liked chillis. I used to climb up the shelves in my grandmother's pantry. The pickle jar was kept right at the top. One time, I dropped the jar and it broke. I was totally busted.

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I'm not attached to things at all. I'm very lucky to have quite a few beautiful things, but if I look back at my life, I was often happiest when I had very little.

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Wine, like food, is so emotional. If you think about it, so much of the courting ritual is surrounded by wine and food. There's a built-in romance to wine.

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The best thing you can do for someone is make them a beautiful plate of food. How else can you invade someone's body without actually touching them?

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I was the first Indian model to have a career in Paris, Milan and New York.

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I'm the kind of girl who thinks about what she's gonna cook for dinner when she's finishing her lunch.

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Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?

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I've always had a fantasy to write a cookbook, because everyone wants to know what a model eats.

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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.

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