“You know how you’re completely different with your mom than you are with your best friend, than you are with your romantic partner, than you are with your boss? They’re just different facets of me.”

— Padma Lakshmi

Source: "Padma Lakshmi’s Delicious Mission" in Vanity Fair https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/06/padma-lakshmi-top-chef-taste-the-nation (24 June 2021)

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