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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| f78d1bc | I would love to have Snoop Dogg waiting in my office in a cupcake-print suit to tell all my problems to. Wouldn't we all? | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 923c709 | I got to see my friend B. J. Novak daily, which, when we weren't fighting, was the absolute best. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| e2254f4 | I don't have that kind of confidence. My voice is loud and piercing, and I project like I was once told by a doctor during a childhood illness that I would never speak again. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| de88d74 | The truth is, if I were going to lose weight successfully, I would have to think about what I eat constantly. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 8b75053 | We do a thing in America, which is to label people "workaholics" and tell them that work is ruining their lives. It's such a widespread opinion that it seems like the premise to every indie movie is "Workaholic mom comes home to find that her entire family hates her. It's not until she cuts back on work, smokes a little pot, and takes up ballroom dancing classes with her neglected husband that she realizes what is truly important in life. N.. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 876b22a | Which is why you need the tiniest bit of bravery. People get scared when you try to do something, especially when it looks like you're succeeding. People do not get scared when you're failing. It calms them. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| da0d6b1 | What I've noticed is that almost no one who was a big star in high school is also big star later in life. For us overlooked kids, it's so wonderfully fair. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| e0e701a | One thing you should know about me is that I am not a hugger. For the record, in New York, that is a perfectly acceptable way to be. If you hug someone there they are either a person in your immediate family whom you have not seen in months, or they are gravely ill. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| b56204c | Luckily the rope fiasco was eclipsed, several weeks later, when I accidentally pronounced jalapeno with a hard j in front of Vijay, Hondo, and some other campers. I'd only ever seen it printed on the side of a can of salsa. "You think it's ja-lapeno?!" Hondo asked, incredulous. I did." | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 6122cc0 | This is Mindy. Malia was reading her book in Hawaii." My book! Malia Obama was reading my book! The one Amazon.com reviewer "My2Cents" called "sort of meh"! I was walking on air." | Mindy Kaling | ||
| a420857 | I got a text. It was Will, on Air Force One, about to take off back to Washington: I should've kissed you. That's on me. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| d1a1aec | Will (now renamed "Trouble Don't Pick Up" in my phone) came to L.A. with the president and asked me to dinner." | Mindy Kaling | ||
| d16a970 | some people really feel uncomfortable around women who don't hate themselves. (P.221) | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 9e2e39e | Sometimes you will meet idiots who are technically adults and authority figures. You don't have to do what they say. You can calmly say, 'Can I first call my mom and ask if I have to do this, please? | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 928d93c | I'm not proud of it, and it;s a little embarrassing to write, but sometimes you like the idea of someone so much, you just want to do whatever it takes to make it work. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 631fd1f | One thing you should know about me is that I am not a hugger. For the record, in New York, that is a perfectly acceptable way to be. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 52c5a36 | Because confidence is like respect; you have to earn it. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| ce83d7f | Work hard, know your shit, show your shit, and then feel entitled. Listen to no one except the two smartest and kindest adults you know, and that doesn't always mean your parents. If you do that, you will be fine. Now, | Mindy Kaling | ||
| be4582e | want a guy who is a feminist, someone who knows that all that means is that men and women are equal. A man who admires strong women, like Hillary Clinton or Ruth Bader Ginsburg. But not that really accomplished woman from his office who seems cool and put-together. I don't mean her. I'd like him to resent her irrationally, actually. I mean older, strong women in the theoretical. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 5172168 | Gregor would reference all kinds of books and articles, and instead of paraphrasing them, like any normal lazy person, he'd insist on going online and finding the exact line or quote from the secondary source, adding another five-minute silent section to the meeting, during which he wordlessly surfed online. Later I would realize this is Greg''s signature style. He likes to take in people past the point where they can be putting on a show t.. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| f18a35d | He likes to take in people past the point where the can be putting on a show to impress him. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| ef64d27 | But my secret is: even though I wish I could be thin, and that I could have the ease of lifestyle that I associate with being thin, I don't wish for it with all of my heart. Because my heart is reserved for more important things. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 7844fae | It's weird when you feel your dream slipping away from you. Especially when you have no other dreams. I was surprised that my overwhelming feeling was not sadness; it was terror. What on earth am I going to do now? | Mindy Kaling | ||
| b649269 | What is fascinating to me is that divorced people tend to be the least depressing or depressed people I know. They're all unburdened and cleansed, and the wiser for it. This is the case even if they didn't initiate the divorce. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 53f4c5c | Did I think I deserved a nomination? I don't know, yeah! Maybe it sounds egotistical, but if you're a person who creates your own show and stars in it, shouldn't you believe you deserve recognition for it? If you don't, then why not? Worse yet, who will? | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 6c19824 | So much of college is girls labeling other girls terrible things when they don't like their behavior, but using concerned language so they have plausible deniability if they get accused of being bitches: That girl is not cheerfully doing what the rest of us are doing, so she is probably "depressed" or "has an eating disorder" or "is weird with guys," and so on." | Mindy Kaling | ||
| d17c157 | It's funny when you decide you don't like someone. I am the kind of person who, if my feelings are unrequited, can completely detach from someone emotionally if I simply put my mind to it. That's why I'm always saying I would be a great serial murderer. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 944b220 | I think it's actually the more polite thing to do, because I'm not coercing partygoers into some big farewell moment with me. Then other people feel like they have to stop what they're doing and hug me, too. It's time-wasting dominoes. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 608cc81 | Thus, I never learned moderation. When I arrived at Dartmouth College in 1997, my attitude toward alcohol was that it was a delicious and dangerous treat that, when obtained, needed to be ingested quickly in case someone tried to take it away. You know, the way a raccoon eats from a garbage can. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 287c0aa | Sometimes You Just Have to Put on Lip Gloss and Pretend to Be Psyched | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 2caccfb | Don't be closer to twice a friend's weight than to her actual weight," I told myself." | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 071ed13 | But my secret is: even though I wish I could be thin, and that I could have the ease of the lifestyle that I associate with being thin, I don't wish for it with all of my heart. Because my heart is reserved for way more important things. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 66e8a4c | time-wasting dominoes | Mindy Kaling | ||
| a0faa13 | When I arrived at Dartmouth College in 1997, my attitude towards alcohol was that it was that it was a delicious and dangerous treat that, when obtained, needed to be ingested quickly in case someone tried to take it away. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| faa8174 | POP STAR: Oh, that's so great. I'm really looking for someone young and cool. My last guy had really antiquated ideas. ME: Asha is the best. And very young and cool. Unless of course you don't want to get your kids vaccinated, hahaha. The pop star froze and everyone went silent. Greta looked at me, eyes widening in horror. I could not have offended a group of people more quickly than if I had announced to a room of male comedy writers that .. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 3cefc9b | It was a sure sign of guilt: giving too much information about my cover story was | Mindy Kaling | ||
| b0feaf9 | The key to maximizing this perception is making sure you make lots of angry and tense phone calls while your clothes are being measured. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 975b0c8 | I think it's a federal crime parking meters won't accept pennies. Yeah, government, we know pennies suck. But you made them! You have to accept them! | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 0f5c955 | if you transcribed it, it would | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 758d0e1 | I want to hear that you guys watch every episode of The Bachelorette together in secret shame, or that one got the other hooked on Breaking Bad and if either watches it without the other, they're dead meat. I want to see you guys high-five each other like teammates on a recreational softball team you both do for fun. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 07fb55d | Again, I was forced to say thank you. How I continually found myself in situations where I felt I had to say thank you to mean guys, I'm not sure. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| 51a1b48 | IN SEVENTH GRADE I started at a new school. On the first day, I was so anxious to make friends, I brought a family-size bag of Skittles to homeroom so I could pass them out and entice my new classmates to talk to me. "Do you like Skittles?" I asked. Kids would nod, cautiously." | Mindy Kaling | ||
| c0fa001 | A note about me: I do not think stress is a legitimate topic of conversation, in public anyway. No one ever wants to hear how stressed out anyone else is, because most of the time everyone is stressed out. Going on and on in detail about how stressed out I am isn't conversation. It'll never lead anywhere. No one is going to say, "Wow, Mindy, you really have it especially bad. I have heard some stories of stress, but this just takes the cake.. | Mindy Kaling | ||
| b474f19 | the unhappily married person. They are everywhere, and they are ten thousand times more depressing than a divorced person. My friend Tim, whose name I've changed, obviously, has gotten more and more depressing since he married his girlfriend of seven years. Tim is the kind of guy who corners you at a party to tell you, vehemently, that marriage is work. And that you have to work on it constantly. And that going to couples' therapy is not on.. | Mindy Kaling |