Carrie Fisher (Carrie Frances Fisher) Quotes
I was telling some people in my dressing room some of my other stories, my psychotic break, and blah, blah, blah, and no, they kind of look at you and it's just not what they wanted to hear.
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I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
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If you actually want to change your world, there is a better way of doing it than blowing yourself up.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.
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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.
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To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.
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Acting is like driving; you can never forget it, and it's in my blood.
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The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn.
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The uplands of my home country in north central Kentucky are sloping and easily eroded, dependent for safekeeping upon year-round cover of perennial plants.
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When you're in N.Y.C. and they shut down one of the bridges, this is a movie!
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When you live in a community where people know you, it makes you want to be good and decent. It's a strong influence.
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Abbot Terrasson tells us that if the size of a book were measured not by the number of its pages but by the time required to understand it, then we could say about many books that they would be much shorter were they not so short.
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I really appreciate an actor who has paid their dues and who has learned hard knocks and has been rewarded in the end. I don't understand young actors who get off the turnip truck and land in Hollywood and get a great job. They do not realize how fortunate they are.
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You get a reputation for stability if you are stable for years.
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I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one's ever going to know my name.
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I never thought I would write about Chicago, and I definitely never thought I would write a drama.
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Nobody makes me do anything I don't want to do. It's my decision. So the biggest devil is me. I'm either my best friend or my worst enemy.
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Nevertheless, no matter how much they killed themselves with work, no matter how much money they eked out, and no matter how many schemes they thought of, their guardian angels were asleep with fatigue while they put in coins and took them out trying to get just enough to live with.
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I was telling some people in my dressing room some of my other stories, my psychotic break, and blah, blah, blah, and no, they kind of look at you and it's just not what they wanted to hear.
