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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

#go #i #mom #never #new

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

#contestant #criticism #describe #did #different

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

#feminine #looks #off #people #pretty

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. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#always #clothes #had #i #i think

Whether I'm making a recipe or a piece of jewelry or a white-rose-and-jasmine tea or the perfume, I like to think of myself as a happy little sorceress, and if I could just have a little general store with all that stuff and give people a sense of my taste, that would be lovely. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#general #give #happy #i #if i could

Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#harmony #human #human values #i #important

I am blessed for what I have, but I believed in it from the beginning. Today, the dream is the same: I still want to travel, I still want to entertain, and I most certainly still want to have fun. ↗

— Guy Laliberte

#beginning #believed #blessed #certainly #dream

Business is difficult. But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you're doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. And we decided to try to make it as fun that we do our creativity. ↗

— Guy Laliberte

#aspect #business #could #creativity #decided

I don't believe in pitfalls. I believe in taking risks and not doing the same thing twice. ↗

— Guy Laliberte

#doing #i #i believe #i believe in #pitfalls

I believe in nurturing creativity and offering a haven for creators, enabling them to develop their ideas to the fullest. With more and more talented creators being drawn to Cirque in an environment that fulfills them, these are ideal to continue developing great new shows. ↗

— Guy Laliberte

#believe #continue #creativity #creators #develop