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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Romantic comedies are particularly hard to make.
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I'd feel guilty just doing gags.
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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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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
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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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Dumb luck brought on the move from business to acting. I had moved to New York when I was 23, in the year 2000. On a lark, I went to audition for a soap opera.
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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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For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, 'Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she's rocking it right now.'
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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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I began raising chickens primarily for their eggs, but over the years, I've also grown fond of caring for them and learning about their many different breeds and varieties.
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Yes, there will be challenges, and things will blow up in your face, but learning experiences are different from wasting your life pushing a boulder up a hill.
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Learning stamps you with its moments. Childhood's learning is made up of moments. It isn't steady. It's a pulse.
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Lucky individuals in each generation find technology appropriate to their needs.
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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."
