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I'm still amazed at how much people are willing to humiliate themselves to be on TV.

Padma Lakshmi

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Padma Lakshmi
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 1
Actor
Author
Model
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Madras
Padma Parvati Lakshmi Vaidynathan
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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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All chefs are like Jewish mothers. They want to feed you and feed you and impress you. It's an eagerness to please.
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In southern Spain, they made me eat a bull's testicles. They were really garlicky, which I don't like. I prefer to take a bull by the horns, not by, um...
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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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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 always loved my bangles, I can't remember a time when I didn't have a bangle on.
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I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It's a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them.
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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.
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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 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.
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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.
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India's had two groovy moments. Once when the Beatles went to India and now when Madonna has embraced yoga.
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I'm an immigrant kid who came to America from India when I was very young and grew up in New York City with a single mom and really was influenced by all of those immigrant cultures bumping up against each other.
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