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- I don't want to be skinny. I'm constantly in a state of self-improvement, but I don't beat myself up over it.
- There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being an inspiration to…
- There’s a whole list of things I would probably change about myself. For example, I’m always trying to lose fifteen pounds. But I never need…
- There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being an inspiration to…
- There are time when friends have said they hooked up with someone and all it means is that they had a highly anticipated kissing session.…
- I really love 'Bridget Jones's Diary' - and I love the book, too. You wonder how it ever got made into a movie. She's supposed…
- I want a schedule-keeping, waking-up-early, wallet-carrying, picture-hanging man. I don't care if he takes prescription drugs for cholesterol or hair loss.
- Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but that is, to…
- I have such a rich fantasy life, I can't help it. I do make up a lot of romantic stories in my head.
- I would love if gay men responded to me. All I want is for many gay men to dress up as me for Halloween.
- I'm someone who loves romance. I always have loved it. Most people who grew up as nerds, as I was, surprisingly, have loved romance.
- Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career in stand-up.
- I was always a silent comedy nerd. I would stay up late and sneak downstairs to watch 'Saturday Night Live' and 'Kids in the Hall,'…
- Growing up, I remember my parents feeling a little wary of 'The Simpsons.' This was the late eighties, and there was a wave of articles…
- I feel like if I had my personality but was an OB/GYN, you would be psyched. You'd be like, 'My chatty, pop-culture-interested but plainspoken, wants-to-talk-about-clothes…
- I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don't think of myself as…
- In terms of my Indianness, I try not to rely on it nor deny it. When it comes up organically in my writing, we can…
- There is no sunrise so beautiful that it is worth waking me up to see it.
- I'm the kind of person who would rather get my hopes up really high and watch them get dashed to pieces than wisely keep my…
- Later, when you're grown up, you realize you never really get to hang out with your family. You pretty much have only eighteen years to…
- So I’m into men now, even though they can be frightening. I want a schedule-keeping, waking-up-early, wallet-carrying, non-Velcro-shoe-wearing man.
- I just want ambitious teenagers to know it is totally fine to be quite, observant kids. Besides being a delight to your parents, you will…
- In high school, I had fun in my academic clubs, watching movies with my girlfriends, learning Latin, having long, protracted, unrequited crushes on older guys…
- The Internet also makes it extraordinarily difficult for me to focus. One small break to look up exactly how almond milk is made, and four…
- You might also see that some of my playlists are simply two songs on repeat fifteen times, like I’m a psycho getting pumped up to…
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