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" A wise woman keeps her hands firmly in her pockets and does not accidentally unzip anything, including her mouth. "

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" I seem to be known as much by the moniker 'Mrs Funnybones' as my own name these days. The book was about how a modern woman looks at India and how India looks right back at her. I am glad that India seems to be looking back at me with a grin. "

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" I am into the candle business, have a home store, The White Window, and interior designing is my primary occupation, though writing now seems to have become better known. "

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" Scripts didn't exist during my time in Bollywood, or, at least, I was never given one. I don't want to act at all and am happy in my cave. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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