"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 them. But while Iâ€™m talking about why Iâ€™m so different, white male show runners get to talk about their art. I always get asked, â€˜Where do you get your confidence?â€™ I think people are well meaning, but itâ€™s pretty insulting. Because what it means to me is, â€˜You, Mindy Kaling, have all the trappings of a very marginalized person. Youâ€™re not skinny, youâ€™re not white, youâ€™re a woman. Why on earth would you feel like youâ€™re worth anything?â€™"

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Source : "Mindy Kaling Talks Body Image, Being A Role Model And Losing Her Mother, In Parade", www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2013.

Mindy Kaling

#Girl Quotes #Art Quotes #Inspiration Quotes

“Well, I wasnt just kind of standing in a queue at McDonalds and someone sat down and said, Youre the director of a $100 million Hollywood movie. Ive been working in commercials for ten years.”
“Attitude is everything. It motivates action, which increases productivity and improves morale, which perpetuates a positive attitude.”
“Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do a deed for which you cannot be repaid.”
“Things have to be done fast in America , and therefore therapy has to be brief.”
“Every artistic form has its golden age, and unfortunately I think the golden age for whatever I do probably ended about 1990.”
“Dullness is a kind of luxury.”

Source : Bharati Mukherjee (2007). “Jasmine”, p.10, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I must have some sort of record in failing to get into the charts.”
“To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you forever,”

Source : Chris Botti (2008). “Best of Chris Botti Songbook: Trumpet Artist Transcriptions”, p.4, Hal Leonard

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