Carrie Fisher (Carrie Frances Fisher) Quotes
A lot of people have told me, you know, that what I've written about, they identify with strongly.
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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In the north we could not hope to keep the worst and poorest servant for a single day in the wretched discomfort in which our negro servants are forced habitually to live.
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Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. It's interesting to everyone. Especially little movies that are having trouble getting made, there's always sex.
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Plays by people like Martin McDonagh and Brian Friel attract huge audiences, not because they're Irish, but because they're brilliant plays.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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There's something really cool about TV. TV, you get the luxury of having the same people around. It is such a blessing when you get a TV job. You really have a chance to get to make, like, work friends. I think TV is one of the few mediums where I've had the opportunity to get to know my crew members.
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I went to Phoenix, Arizona for 'Angel Unchained,' and they'd hire the bike gang from Phoenix to be extras in the movie.
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My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.
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Being the Children's Laureate has been educational, sometimes hectic, but most of all, great fun.
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'Mixtape' sounds retro! I used to make lots of mixed tapes. It was one of those '90s things - every girl gave them to her best friend. I remember exchanging a few with a boy on a bus when I was 14. I thought he hated me, but in hindsight, maybe he was in love with me, because he gave me the best music.
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Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
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At least I can say that I'm honest.
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Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That's a statement in and of itself.
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We dare not supress thoughts, but when they are expressed through violence, like the idea that power comes from the barrel of a gun, they must be dealt with and met accordingly.
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Hold the period of youth sacred to education, and the period of maturity, when the physical forces begin to flag, equally sacred to ease and agreeable relaxation.
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Beauty is the maximum limit we can access through language. We cannot reach the truth, but we can get close to it through beauty.
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It was a small mistake Sometimes that is all it takes.
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The nutritive substances used in greatest quantities by mammals are carbohydrates.
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Mind you, I don’t know why people get so fixated on happiness, which always eludes them, when there are so many other invigorating experiences available, like rage, jealousy, disgust, and so forth.
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People are loving me because they don't even know me. "You're Bob's son. We love you." So I think that's a good thing for a father to leave so much that people are loving their children. I'm proud of that.
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I go to the club and can dance a little. I'm known to get down.
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My imagination, my ability to understand the way love and people grow over time, how passion can surprise and renew, utterly failed me.
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A lot of people have told me, you know, that what I've written about, they identify with strongly.
