My mum is really fair and has blonde hair, and my dad is not dark, either.

Learning Indian mannerisms, how to wear saris, and the language were a challenge.

I feel more comfortable in saris than gowns.

We had a very good number of mayors participate this year. All the mayors rode out with regular volunteers as well as members of our advisory council and our board members.

It makes no difference to my family where one comes from as long as we make each other happy. They are pretty cool like that.

It is ridiculous - like a mad whirlwind... it's mad that I'm so famous.

I won Miss Teen World, and then a movie rep saw me on the pageant website and thought that I had the perfect image for the role in 'Madrasapattinam.'

We can stop the cycle of animal homelessness and save lives by opening our hearts and homes to a loving cat or dog from an animal shelter instead of buying animals from breeders or pet shops.

Every time someone buys a cat or a dog from a breeder or a pet shop, a cat on the streets or in an animal shelter loses his or her chance at finding a good home.

Thanks to having my dad travel with me, I don't feel quite cut off from my family.

Pond's is a name that everyone is familiar with, and I know that I can trust them when it comes to skincare.

They say the mind can move mountains, I think it can move the whole god damn universe. Or else how have we travelled to other planets?

I could practically hear the unspoken ‘good girl’ accompanied by a pat and scratch behind my ears like I was his obedient pet.

I think that we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

The past is all we know of the future.

Being famous is just a job.

True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.

Could the purr be anything but contemplative?

I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the music. Once I've done that, the lyrics come last.

I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.

Never define your success by somebody else's success. I never looked at another man's grass to tell how green mine should be.