Carrie Fisher (Carrie Frances Fisher) Quotes
There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."
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My father was military, so I traveled a lot, so I had 13 to 15 first days in new schools. Bullies transcend culture, unfortunately, and I had to deal with them wherever I went. I knew how to defend myself. But I didn't know how to fight.
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I remember the great atmosphere and the great stadium.
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There have been times in my life when I felt compelled to write things down as a matter of therapy, but whatever I kept about those days, I shredded. It was too personal.
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.
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There is but one honest limit to the rights of a sentient being; it is where they touch the rights of another sentient being.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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I hump the wild to take it all in, there is no bag limit on happiness.
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I love to tease men with my legs.
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I have never, ever talked about my orientation or sexuality because whether I am heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, it is my concern. I refuse to talk about it... I have not been brought up to talk about my sex life.
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I don't need to impress children.
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You can't change anyone else, but people do change in relationship to your change.
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When I got to Iraq, my world focused in on one mission. It was incredibly rewarding.
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I worked for Microsoft until 1996, till I had a different angle to view life. I wanted to be an entrepreneur and control my own destiny.
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But there's a thin line between songwriting and arranging.
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If only she could have held on to that day, held on to that moment forever, grasped it in her fists so it wouldn't escape. If only.
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One would not die from my cooking, but I am not sure one would survive my driving.
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The course of Nature is the art of God.
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If Rushdie turned up at my doorstep looking for help, I might ring somebody who might do more damage to him than he would like. I'd try to phone the Ayatollah Khomeini and tell him exactly where this man is.
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There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it.
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I used to work in jobs I hated because I needed the money to buy a guitar. I know what it feels like to be depressed. On the other hand, I also know what it feels like to have money, to be successful, to be independent, but I can tell you that money and success never solve your problems.
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The Blind Boys are truly the deepest well of American musical heritage you can discover.
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There is no question that Israelis - indeed, all concerned Jews - have to continue to work out a Jewish public philosophy that truly justifies a Jewish state in the land of Israel.
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There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."
