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Most of cooking is the labor of chopping. Give yourself a break. Pretend you're on a cooking show and have all your ingredients lined up for you.

Padma Lakshmi

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Padma Lakshmi
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: September 1
Actor
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Model
Television Actor
Television Presenter
Madras
Padma Parvati Lakshmi Vaidynathan
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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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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 will eat anything, at least once. For better or worse.
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In a way that somebody else converts to Judaism or becomes a Hare Krishna, I belong to the church of fried chicken.
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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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Beauty is no accomplishment on its own. It's what you do with it.
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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 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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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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India's had two groovy moments. Once when the Beatles went to India and now when Madonna has embraced yoga.
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