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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It was inevitable at some point that I would bump into one of my father's plays. The reality of the situation is that I'm a jobbing actor, and any actor would give their eye-teeth to have one of those roles. It's a no-brainer! I'm pleased the stars have aligned around 'Arcadia.'
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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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Sure enough, it wasn't long until I got a call, telling me I had a scholarship there. It was the only scholarship offer I had and, believe me, I jumped at it.
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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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Ever since I started as an actress, just to catch up on some money, but not having an income for three years was tricky.
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A mere nothing suffices — and the lightning strikes.
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The motion pictures I have made and the plays I have chosen to direct represent my convictions.
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We need to start thinking about the needs of the American people before we go and solve everybody else's problems.
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When we reject unemployment as an economic instrument — as we do — and when we reject also superficial remedies, as socialists must, then we must ask ourselves unflinchingly what is the cause of high unemployment. Quite simply and unequivocally, it is caused by paying ourselves more than the value of what we produce. There are no scapegoats.
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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.
