Carrie Fisher (Carrie Frances Fisher) Quotes
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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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I'm not a gun person by any stretch of the imagination, and it's not something I feel comfortable participating in.
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I also love the zombie genre, my zombie fandom going way back to 'Night of the Living Dead.' And 'The Walking Dead' is truly the ultimate representation of that sensibility in the comic book genre.
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Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
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I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.
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A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.
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Once I was standing in line to buy a telephone and Senator Wirth was in line with me. The next day the New York Times reported that we'd both purchased telephones and what price we'd paid!
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From a person whose living depends on other people buying her creative work, this may sound odd, but one of my favorite things about the steampunk subculture is its do-it-yourself attitude.
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Audiences are smart, and they don't need to be spoon-fed everything.
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Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union.
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I don't think anybody is a poet 24/7, only in those rare moments when a person is producing a poem.
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Folks should do their own fuckin', then they wouldn't want to listen to a lot of clatfart about another man's.
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Well, who wouldn't want to work with Tom Hanks?
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I'd say my happiest moment as an actress came when I learned I'd won the Look Magazine Best Supporting Actress Award for 1956 in The Killing.
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The stuff I write with Joe Lo Truglio tends to lean towards horror-comedy and horror.
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I play on all the consoles, but Xbox, mostly. I'm versatile, though, so whatever's going on, I'll take care of it.
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No life is so hard that you cannot make it easier by the way you take it.
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Anxiety is part of creativity, the need to get something out, the need to be rid of something or to get in touch with something within.
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There's so much material out there that's unnecessarily racist. It takes a shot at what is 'urban' or demonstrates blackness with some sassy, neck-jiving character that's not even relevant to the plot. I see it time and time again, and it doesn't move the story forward. It just kind of cryogenically freezes us in this old racial paradigm.
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I want to be known for this character on TV two nights a week, and then I want to go away and live my life in private.
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I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject.
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Sitcoms are designed for normal people who just want to turn on their TV and get a laugh. It's not high-brow, you don't have to work so hard, and it's meant to be a relatable genre. That's why I love it so much - my fans are from 8 years old to 80 years old, because everybody can relate to what's funny.
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Meryl [Streep] plays the me-ish character. I love Meryl. She's totally wonderful.
