Carrie Fisher (Carrie Frances Fisher) Quotes
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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Businesses can't afford to react to what their customers want; they need to anticipate their needs.
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In my 20s, I wanted to be hot; now I want to be healthy.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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I don't want to let the rest of this country drift into the abyss. I want to fight for it.
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I don't ever want to do stuff just for the sake of it.
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I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to see that something bothers me.
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To catch the ball, face up, look at all of my options and then pass. I was playing hot potato. I didn't want to be the guy to stall the triangle.
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I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places.
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If you are a researcher and want to publish a paper, if you are applying for money either from a private or public foundation, you have to have a DSM code.
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The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
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I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.
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It's interesting that a lot of female artists want to collaborate with me.
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I want my children to know that we often become resilient for others.
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I just want to be rich and famous.
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Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.
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I really make sure that my girls understand the importance of education. I don't want them to be spoilt and only know private school kids. I want them to behave well by example.
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I don't want to be influenced by outside opinion.
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I worked as a telemarketer for an SAT-prep company. That was the worst of it, because I had to call people in post-Katrina New Orleans and offer them this very, very expensive SAT class. And I'm not even a good salesman.
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I worked with Ismail Merchant on 'The Mystic Masseur,' I did 'Sakina's Restaurant,' I've done plays, I've been on Broadway, I've done movies, I've done TV... but nothing has had the pop culture penetrative impact as 'The Daily Show' has. It's the nature of the beast.
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I've been lucky enough to work in pop culture, especially with people right before they popped.
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To be black in the Baltimore of my youth was to be naked before the elements of the world.
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I kept hearing all these rules: 'You can't say that in country music.' 'You can't use that kind of beat.' I became so frustrated. It may have slingshotted me, in a rebellious way, toward doing something different.
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Nobody wants to read about a good-looking happy person.
