47 Twinkle Khanna Quotes for You to Enjoy

Twinkle Khanna

Indian Businesswoman

Born: Dec 29, 1974

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By the time I was in my teens, I was reading science fiction. I had this maternal uncle who had cartons of books. It's important to read because you have to fill your head with words. Twinkle Khanna

When your name is Twinkle, you are a bookworm, and a fat child, then you have to be ready to be made fun of. As a child, I used my fists a lot, but then the tongue seemed like a better option. So I started using words as a sword to jab fun at myself. Twinkle Khanna

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I was born into the limelight. So, my biggest achievement, which I worked hard for, is to stay normal. Twinkle Khanna

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Ultimately, there is no definition for smartness. It's just the ability to do what you want to do really well. Twinkle Khanna

You Definition Ability Well Ultimately Just Want Really

I never said I'm not a feminist! I wrote one column where I was being sarcastic, and I called myself a 'wombist'. Now which sane person would say that 'wombist' is a better term than feminist? I was being sarcastic, and perhaps it was my fault in not getting the point across as clearly as I would have liked to. I don't think there's any doubt. Twinkle Khanna

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Read everything you can get your hands on: Programme your mind to read all the time and everywhere - even in the bathroom; skim through the lines printed on the back of shampoo bottles and sanitary napkin packets. Twinkle Khanna

Walk, run, cycle - When you live inside your head for such long periods of time, you have to open the windows, air it out a bit, let sunlight stream into all the dark and dusty corners of your mind. Twinkle Khanna

I'm not really as cool and collected as 'Mrs. Funnybones', but she is the woman I want to be. Twinkle Khanna

Woman Collected She Want Really Cool

I am not a gym person, so I do walk a lot. I find gym is incredibly boring. Other thing I do is to devour books because I feel we need to feed our mind as well. Twinkle Khanna

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Humour has to have a huge nugget of truth to be funny. You cannot laugh at something unbelievable. Whenever I say something on a lighter note, I am basically unwrapping the truth from a different perspective, and that makes it funny. Twinkle Khanna

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The gratifying part of my journey is no one calls me a star child or a superstar's wife anymore. I think I have grown beyond that and have my own identity. Twinkle Khanna

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Aamir once went behind a rock to cry because his director didn't listen to what he was saying. Twinkle Khanna

Saying Director Once He Cry Because Rock His Listen Behind

To me, it felt that if I give up my name, I am also sending a message to my children, saying my name was not important enough as your father's; I am not as important as your father. That is a message we are passing down generation after generation without realising. Twinkle Khanna

We grow up, and we need to confront a society to be fit in. Twinkle Khanna

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My mother always wants me to put me on a diet. Twinkle Khanna

Me Mother Put Always Diet Wants

I love Twitter. Here, I get pieces of information quickly, and I also get myriad viewpoints rather than a one-sided view from a particular newspaper. Here, I have got a topic and 11 viewpoints, and I can judge for myself. Twinkle Khanna

Some people are diplomatic, some people are outspoken, but the next generation is very clear. People are speaking their mind out. People are worried about other things besides their own careers. It's not accurate to say that they don't speak out. Twinkle Khanna

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I have readers everywhere: from a radiologist who decides to compliment me on my writing while inserting a probe to check my ovaries to 80-year-olds who send me emails. And, of course, women my age everywhere. Twinkle Khanna

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