Carrie Fisher (Carrie Frances Fisher) Quotes
My mother certainly loves caviar, but I think that's generational - they grew up thinking it's romantic or sophisticated or something.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.
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I agree with Kathi Zellweger that sanctions mostly punish the ordinary people who live at the edge of starvation.
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I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. That opposition hasn't changed.
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I get to focus on being a musician sometimes, and I get to focus on being a vocalist sometimes.
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There is etiquette in golf, but it's not any harder to learn than what to do at a dinner party. Actually, it's probably easier. And these days, there are a lot more women out there than there used to be. It's not like when I was young. I was always the only girl on the range.
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Knowing there is a capable back-up willing to give it a try always makes you feel better.
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Everyone thrives most in his or her own unique environment.
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I hate to let people down. I was like that in sports and I was like that in comedy. I was like that at work. When I worked General Motors and stuff like that, when I say something, I mean it.
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I'm just not willing to give up on myself. If I'm going to fail, then I want to fail to the limits of my talent.
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When I was a kid, my parents were always like, 'Money doesn't buy happiness.' I thought, 'You just didn't make enough money.' I had to go find it out for myself.
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Basically, the actor's job is to pay attention to the script.
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It's one thing I like about America - they respect the sportsman. They put them up on a pedestal. They don't try to knock them down. And that's a great thing, to be respected by the whole country. It's so patriotic!
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I believe that the best measure of whether a nation is going to be successful is whether they are tapping the talents of their women.
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I'm inspired by different cultures around the world and love to incorporate these facets into my collection.
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The greatest problem in Japanese politics over the last two decades is that we put off what needed to be done. We have to overcome that.
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I think as an actor, it's very exciting when you have a really fully realized, complex, multifaceted character already established.
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We are in a double bind. We are expected to feel inferior not only as women, but because we are old.
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My mother certainly loves caviar, but I think that's generational - they grew up thinking it's romantic or sophisticated or something.
