#be

I love clothes, but really I don't have that much to say about skirts. Before I was writing, I went to fashion shows only when the designer was a good friend and I was there to show support. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#before #clothes #designer #fashion #friend

What you do, the way you think, makes you beautiful. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#david #uglies #westerfeld #beauty

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. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#baby #bedtime #between #catching #collapse

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? ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#best #best friend #enough #friend #him

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

— Padma Lakshmi

#because #cookbook #eats #everyone #fantasy

You don't need expensive classes and all kinds of weird equipment if you really want to be in shape. There are great ways to do it that are very economical, it just takes a time commitment, even if it means waking up a half hour a day before the rest of the household gets up because that's the only time you have. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#before #classes #commitment #day #economical

I've always thought the back is one of the most beautiful parts of a woman. I've created four versions of the front-to-back necklace which actually gives you two necklaces in one. I love the way they swing and catch the light as a woman is walking away. You almost want to pull on it and stop her! ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#almost #always #away #back #beautiful

I've been a model for 15 years, and I've been on 'Top Chef' for eight seasons, and before that I had other cooking shows, so I've learned a thing or two about how to camouflage certain areas and how to draw the eye to a preferable area of the body. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#area #areas #been #before #body

If you like a wine that you drink, now with your phone, it's so easy. Just take a picture of the label. You learn about it. You learn where it comes from and what the soil is like and why you like it. And that'll lead you to another wine. ↗

— Padma Lakshmi

#another #comes #drink #easy #just

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