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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)

Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and, finally, a comedy writer and actress prone to starting fi

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“One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.”

— Mindy Kaling, amazon.com

Tagged: Friends, Friendship, Conversations

“I want a guy who is entrenched in his own life.”

— Mindy Kaling, amazon.com

Tagged: How to be good at love

“If someone called me chubby, it would no longer be something that kept me up late at night. Being called fat is not like being called stupid or unfunny, which is the worst thing you could ever say to me. Do I envy Jennifer Hudson for being able to lose all that weight and look smokin’ hot? Of course…”

— Mindy Kaling, amazon.com

Tagged: Weight, losing weight, chubby

“Sometimes you just have to put on lip gloss and pretend to be psyched.”

— Mindy Kaling, amazon.com

Tagged: Confidence, Life, Makeup

“Teenage girls, please don’t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the best athlete. Not only do people not care about any of that the second you graduate, but when you get older, if you reference your successes in high school too much, it actual…”

— Mindy Kaling, amazon.com

Tagged: teenagers, high school, Success

“One friend with whom you have a lot in common is better than three with whom you struggle to find things to talk about.”

— Mindy Kaling, amazon.com

Tagged: Friendship, Love, Laughter