Top 152 Quotes & Sayings by Nepalese Authors - Page 2
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In the film industry, we work more on the basis of good faith and verbal commitments rather than legalities.
I believe in all the secular values that Indian democracy is famous for.
You want to question what is important and why is it important. I don't have all the answers, but I'm very curious to know and learn.
I was in Nepal and I had watched Oprah Winfrey's show. I had no idea, as a kid in Nepal, who she was, but I remember watching an episode of hers about living your dreams.
It's not that I am a difficult person; it's just that I have certain strong likes and dislikes.
I'm a Hindu and a Nepali by birth.
I've decided that whether I succeed or fail, I have to give it 100 per cent. That way, at least I know I tried.
Girls who wear certain kind of dresses, who show certain areas of the body, are not going to like my clothes. You can't please everyone.
To me, beauty is inclusion - every size, every color - that's the world I live in.
I decided if it was going to be a mistake to come to New York and try and make a career in fashion, then it was going to be my mistake... But the American dream is real. I'm living it.
I am a foodie, but my antennas are always up regarding the healthy and nutritional values of food.
The woman I design for is very curious. She loves fashion, but she also is passionate about what is happening around the world.
Being a woman, I want to look pretty in every phase of my life.
We should value what we have and not take it for granted.
Wherever I go, I'm followed by trouble.
I really feel blessed that I'm able to do what I love and make a living at it and have people come and see it. I mean, what an incredibly blessed life!
I have done my share of looking glamorous on-screen in many films.
I was ahead of my classmates in some ways. While they were enjoying Mills & Boons, I was reading Ayn Rand.
People on the outside and even some people in the fashion industry think that fashion people are maybe not the smartest. It's a constant battle.
I'm constantly thinking about design, shapes, patterns and colors, so I just want to be more of a blank canvas. But there is a comfort in knowing what you're going to wear, and that probably comes from Catholic school, where I wore a uniform for 10 years.
I take care of my health. I nurture it.
The poor lifestyle I had been leading made my body susceptible to diseases. Had it not been cancer, some other malady would have struck me.
Federalism should be a meeting point of all groups.
I think I am more liberated as an artiste in my late 40s.
Cancer definitely rekindled my spirit. It made me realise that every human being has the capacity to overcome a huge setback.
Nothing scares a straight man more than a woman in her full glory.
For growth, I need to be challenged and excited about the project. I need to venture out into unknown territories.
I think I'm just really in love with women, and I love to see them looking incredibly, truly beautiful. I think every time a woman wears one of my dresses, you know, in a matter of speaking, I'm having a little love affair with her!
When I got to know about my cancer, I was at the rock bottom of my life, and my work suffered for it.
For a young, unexposed Nepalese girl, Bollywood was a terrifying experience.
When I look at my audience, I think life has been kind.
The punk era, at its best, celebrated questioning the norm and the promotion of originality. Both concepts have always resonated with me.
None of the constitutional, legal or other principles bars me from returning to the judiciary, since the judiciary remains independent if the actors remain independent and fair.
There is undoubtedly a lot of pressure that comes with recognition, which can be a good thing and bad thing all at the same time. But if you stay focused and don't lose sight of what you're doing and who you are, you can rise above it.
Even after spending a substantial time in the entertainment business, before the release of a film, I am nervous.
I don't believe in harbouring ill feelings about anyone.
I love draping; it's less about proportion than fit and the fabric. It's very specialized and I think when women see the construction, they respond to it immediately.
I do feel at a loss for not having a child of my own at times, very much so.
I firmly believe in mind over matter.
When I came to America, there were two kinds of women: women who looked serious and who didn't wear color and print, and women who looked girly and feminine and like second wives.
A lot of people have an opinion. If you listen to them too much, your work will get influenced, and you make no one happy.
I like working with creative people who are receptive to new ideas, who want to do things that are different, who want to create films of a different mould.
Fashion has always had the ability to affect lives, to touch people. But for the longest period of time, we've said, 'Oh, we're just pages of a magazine; that's what we all look at.' It's more than that.
Fashion has a huge responsibility - in what we show on the runway, what we do in editorial, who we dress - to make sure it represents differences. If we don't, we're giving in to the discrimination.
On the sets, I used to scare people. I team up with my level of people and sometimes do spooky things. I've inherited this from my mother, as she used to scare my neighbours by dressing up like a ghost.
Do your best and leave the rest to God.
Looks matter a lot, and it has always mattered. We always judge. I have not only been on the receiving end, but I have also judged others.
During cancer, when I was flat out on the bed, I was so helpless. I wanted to do things my way, but it was not happening. I learnt to trust the process of life and letting other people also sometimes take control. I became more easy-going.
I love working with the younger generation.
I've been constantly under male gaze. In our movies, women are constantly objectified.
I feel somewhere there is a fault in this whole mindset of not accepting the natural process. To age gracefully, to accept life with grace has more beauty and charm. But you have to be fit and healthy. And that is something we should strive for.
I've always found it interesting when I look at a woman, and she's beautiful and everything, but there's an inner strength.
I was definitely considered different growing up. I learned that being me was all right because my family celebrated those differences.
I believe there is a time for everything. Time changes, and you need to accept that. Else, you stagnate.
As someone who started a company with an idea of creating a luxury brand with a soul, I needed to learn more about how I effect change.
I had kept notes during my cancer treatment, but I wasn't sure what my outcome was going to be. A part of me wasn't sure if I would make it into a book. If it was going to be morbid, I wouldn't want to tell it.
Fame will go away; people will not have interest in your work anymore. That has to happen. To overcome, all you can do is reinvent and work hard.
I feel that 'Saudagar' was the best debut for me. I wouldn't want it any other way.
I'll be very careful about what kind of energy I'm inviting into my life and whether it's going to be helpful for me or help me evolve as a person.
I was supposed to direct a film on Gautam Buddha. That didn't work out. A pity, because the entire script had been written. It was in English.