Carrie Fisher (Carrie Frances Fisher) Quotes
I shot through my twenties like a luminous thread through a dark needle, blazing toward my destination: Nowhere.
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I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of appearance.
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The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put that country back together after decades of repression.
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People idealize or reminisce about their 20s, but nobody tells you beforehand that it's hard and unglamorous and often very unpleasant.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.
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Realizing full well that fine condition and confidence will not in themselves make a champion, it is my belief, however, that they are essential factors.
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I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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I read a lot of highly unsuitable books for an 11-year-old. I was desperate to read as widely as possible. I thought, 'There are so many places I am never going to get the chance to visit, but I can if I read them.' And I did. I could go anywhere in the world - and off it - by reading.
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Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.
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One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.
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When we first met, I was trying to put a band together. I asked around at school for other guys who wanted to play in a band. Someone told me about a juvenile delinquent they knew who played bongos.
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Having learnt my basics in theatre, I always feel film is a collaborative effort. If you do your part well and help the person in front of you in realising his or her potential, the film invariably comes out good.
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Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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I want to be in New York. It's the place to be.
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You have to live the mission... love what you do.
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To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.
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If I get in a dark spot, I'll listen to some Adele and cry about it.
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Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.
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I shot through my twenties like a luminous thread through a dark needle, blazing toward my destination: Nowhere.
