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- “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.
- “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.
- “People's reaction to me is sometimes "Uch, I just don't like her. I hate how she thinks she is so great." But it's not that I think I'm so great. I just don't hate myself.
- “if someone really wants to see you, they always find a way. Always.” ― Mindy Kaling, Why Not Me?
However, "Why Not Me?" is not just a memoir about the trappings of fame and success. Mindy fearlessly tackles a range of topics including body image, relationships, and the ever-elusive quest for self-confidence.
Sep 22, 2015 · 10 memorable quotes from Why Not Me? “I know I sound like some dour old spinster chambermaid on Downton Abbey who has never felt a man’s touch and whose heart has turned to stone, but I don’t understand how you could have self-confidence if you don’t do the work.”
- “Understand that one day you will have the power to make a difference. Use it well.”
- “There are not many relationships more powerful than that of two women who fall fast and deep into a friendship.”
- “The best kind of laughter is laughter born of a shared memory.”
- “I want a guy who wants to curl up on a Friday night and watch Netflix. He can even pick the show. I mean, ideally, it’s serialized and female-driven.”
- Own It
- Beauty Advice Can Be… Unconventional
- Being A Bridesmaid Blows
- Sorority Life Isn’T For Everyone
- Don’T Call Her A Bff
- Female Friendships Are Intense
- Master The Art of The Shoe Change
- Sex Scenes Are (Not) The Worst
- Keep It Together
- Date A Feminist
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One thing’s for sure: Kaling is not Gwyneth Paltrow. Instead of nibbling on chia seed pudding or cooking gourmet organic, gluten-free meals in her custom-made, eco-friendly kitchen, she’s eating McDonald’s and doing tequila shots in her car. Kaling never pretends to be perfect, which is refreshing in a world where Kim Kardashian’s book Selfishis a ...
Kaling could write an entire book skewering Hollywood beauty standards. In the chapter “How To Look Spectacular: A Starlet’s Confessions,” she asks the reader what beauty icon inspires them: Audrey Hepburn? Halle Berry? “Mine is Nosferatu,” Kaling writes. “Because that vampire taught me my number-one and number-two favorite beauty tricks of all tim...
It might be surprising to learn that Mindy Kaling, lover of sappy romantic comedies, really, really dislikes weddings. She also knows that being a bridesmaid blows. Here’s her take on it: “You even have to wear a uniform: a dress in the same color as the other maids so everyone at the party knows whom to ask when someone is looking for a fridge in ...
Kaling went to Dartmouth, and she decided to join a sororityfor a very deep and important reason: access to parties. The sorority sisters thought of Kaling as the funny one, but pretty soon her improv troupe became more important than pretend girl bonding with her Sigma Delta sisters. “So much of college is girls labeling other girls terrible thing...
Kaling writes that she and her college best friend always made fun of terms like BFF and girl crush. “To us, they signified the infantilization of women, and we were way too sophisticated for that. We had lived in Brooklyn new Jonathan Safran Foer!” It’s true actually. A grown woman using the term BFF is a little babyish. Do Tina Fey and Amy Poehle...
On that note, Kaling understands that whether you call them a BFF or not, female friendships are intense, important, and, sometimes, heartbreaking. “…There are not many relationships more powerful than that of two women who fall fast and deep into a friendship. It was heartbreaking to be loved and left.” She’s writing about her ex-BFF Greta, FYI.
Here’s a work/life tip from Why Not Me?that might change your life: “I wear Keds to every meeting and then go to the restroom and change into my ‘slutty career woman’ stilettos before I actually see anyone important.” Because who needs to hobble around in stilettos all day long?
Kaling has some words for all those celebs that claim that sex scenes are so awful and torturous to do: “I am here to tell you that they are lying.” She loves sex scenes: You get to make out with hot actors all day long and no one feels guilty! So what if there are 30 crewmembers watching you? You’re still making out with hotties. As she so eloquen...
Kaling writes about the year she had to wake up at like three in the morning to announcing the Emmy nominations. Right before the announcements started, the president of the Academy walked up and basically told her that her show wasn’t nominated. Then she had to smile for the cameras and appear relaxed when really she kind of wanted to cry. But ins...
Now hear this: “I 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.” Instead of the mysterious, artistic hottie who ...
Find out what Mindy Kaling, the author of Why Not Me?, has to say about beauty, friendship, sex, and more in this article. Read some of the funniest and most feminist moments from her book and learn from her experiences.
Sep 15, 2015 · In Why Not Me?, Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it's falling in love at work, seeking new friendships in lonely places, attempting to be the first person in history to lose weight without any behavior modification whatsoever, or most important, believing that you have a place in ...
Oct 16, 2023 · So, without further ado, and in no particular order, here are some of my favorite quotes from ‘Why Not Me.’ 1. “Understand that one day you will have the power to make a difference. Use it well.” 2. “There are not many relationships more powerful than that of two women who fall fast and deep into a friendship.”
