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

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

Padma Lakshmi quotes: Like many immigrants, I had always kept my Eastern and Western lives compartmentalized.

Like many immigrants, I had always kept my Eastern and Western lives compartmentalized.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: At first, I was grateful to be the object of such intense desire. Yet what's flattering in the first year can be suffocating in the eighth.

At first, I was grateful to be the object of such intense desire. Yet what's flattering in the first year can be suffocating in the eighth.

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.

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 quotes: I could worry about his health but somehow not about my own. We throw ourselves away a little each day.

I could worry about his health but somehow not about my own. We throw ourselves away a little each day.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: Hearing doctors tell you that you can't get pregnant does not extinguish the hope.

Hearing doctors tell you that you can't get pregnant does not extinguish the hope.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: Women's voices not being heard is the root of many of the problems of the world,

Women's voices not being heard is the root of many of the problems of the world,

Padma Lakshmi quotes: I didn't know what the future held in store for me, but I felt hopeful.

I didn't know what the future held in store for me, but I felt hopeful.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.

Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now I'm scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go.

My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now I'm scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: Where is it written that a smart woman can't also be stacked?

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

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

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

Padma Lakshmi quotes: People always comment about my clothes. They don't think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook.

People always comment about my clothes. They don't think a fashionable woman can love food and be knowledgeable and actually cook.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: 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.

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 quotes: experienced a bout of atheism. With adolescent self-importance, I wondered why God would allow all this to happen to a fourteen-year-old girl. When

experienced a bout of atheism. With adolescent self-importance, I wondered why God would allow all this to happen to a fourteen-year-old girl. When

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

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

Padma Lakshmi quotes: 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.

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

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

Padma Lakshmi quotes: 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.

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.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: An oil massage, a hot bath, a good night's sleep, soft smells and music and clothes with soft textures denote sensuality to me.

An oil massage, a hot bath, a good night's sleep, soft smells and music and clothes with soft textures denote sensuality to me.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: I always loved my bangles, I can't remember a time when I didn't have a bangle on.

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

Padma Lakshmi quotes: I have a great career, and I have my daughter. Sio what I don't have is not as important to as what I do have.

I have a great career, and I have my daughter. Sio what I don't have is not as important to as what I do have.

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

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 quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Padma Lakshmi quotes: Decide which you want to play up: your clothing or your jewelry, but not both. Let one be the star and one the supporting player.

Decide which you want to play up: your clothing or your jewelry, but not both. Let one be the star and one the supporting player.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: I think a great classic watch is the first staple every woman should invest in.

I think a great classic watch is the first staple every woman should invest in.

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

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

Padma Lakshmi quotes: My grandfather was a closet feminist. So,

My grandfather was a closet feminist. So,

Padma Lakshmi quotes: During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.

During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a lobe of foie gras once.

Flowers die and wine gets consumed. Both are lovely. I appreciate both. Wine and roses. I actually had someone bring me a lobe of foie gras once.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: At the end of a marriage, no one wins. There is only anger, sorrow, guilt, emptiness, and defeat.

At the end of a marriage, no one wins. There is only anger, sorrow, guilt, emptiness, and defeat.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: Every city has a Donald Trump; ours is just the Trumpiest.

Every city has a Donald Trump; ours is just the Trumpiest.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: I love seafood. I'm not a vegetarian but I'm probably a pescetarian.

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

Padma Lakshmi quotes: I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.

I think wine is such a big universe that it's kind of like food - it's intimidating to a lot of people, myself included.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: She had sculpted the mist, the way those who have no choice do. She had willed a life for the two of us in a new land.

She had sculpted the mist, the way those who have no choice do. She had willed a life for the two of us in a new land.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: we eat for our stomachs, but we hunger with our hearts.

we eat for our stomachs, but we hunger with our hearts.

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

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 quotes: I always think, after the second glass of wine, you should be putting something in your stomach.

I always think, after the second glass of wine, you should be putting something in your stomach.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: I cannot remember what we talked about except that we never stopped talking.

I cannot remember what we talked about except that we never stopped talking.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: Commitment is easy before a relationship requires compromise and obligation.

Commitment is easy before a relationship requires compromise and obligation.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear.

I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: 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?

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?

Padma Lakshmi quotes: She had so little control over her own life. Yet she took control, out of thin air for herself, when she could. I

She had so little control over her own life. Yet she took control, out of thin air for herself, when she could. I

Padma Lakshmi quotes: When there is little you can do, you do what you can.

When there is little you can do, you do what you can.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: The heart knows no pain sharper than love's arrow.

The heart knows no pain sharper than love's arrow.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: Maybe that old adage about not being able to have a good apartment, a good relationship, and a good job at the same time is true.

Maybe that old adage about not being able to have a good apartment, a good relationship, and a good job at the same time is true.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: Auguste Escoffier into what we now know as the five mother sauces of French cuisine. It's funny

Auguste Escoffier into what we now know as the five mother sauces of French cuisine. It's funny

Padma Lakshmi quotes: I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.

I'm not tough. I'm tenacious.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: The close proximity in which people lived in India was in stark contrast to my independent existence in America.

The close proximity in which people lived in India was in stark contrast to my independent existence in America.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: He was everything I wasn't. He was a lot of what I wanted to be.

He was everything I wasn't. He was a lot of what I wanted to be.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when to open my mouth and

I never Tweet about my daughter. Never. I just want to be respectful of her privacy. My job as a mom is to know when to open my mouth and when not to.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.

It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: the more brutal or austere the diet, the harder it is to keep.

the more brutal or austere the diet, the harder it is to keep.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.

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

Padma Lakshmi quotes: 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.

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.

Padma Lakshmi quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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.

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.