Carrie Fisher (Carrie Frances Fisher) Quotes
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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I love David's attitude in the Bible. He wasn't afraid to go against the trends. He wasn't going to be defined by the opinions of others.
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In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics.
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Modeling is a job. Even my mum doesn't believe that I do work hard.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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Many comedians have a dark side that lets them take a negative thing and turn it funny.
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Like in nature, I like things which are based on a few simple principles, even though their manifestation can be very rich.
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In back of the outward calm … a small terrified voice cries out: 'I need it. I have to have it or ...' The end of the sentence is lost in chaos. The need is so strong that an illusion is created that it must be fulfilled, or the very existence of the self is threatened.
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When I was a kid, my dream was to be a farmer and marry Charlie Brown. I wanted to rescue him and make him happy. Besides, he was always lusting after 'the little redhead girl'.
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The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.
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I'm not going to whine or get depressed. Who's going to feel sorry for me? Nobody.
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
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'Transparent' was huge for me when I first saw it. I felt that, from an authorial point of view, no one was trying to sell characters to us, you know? It's the idea of not having to adore these characters and want to cuddle them; you just have to be into them and their psychology and be compelled by them.
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I think that people have a very strict perception of what a pop artist is.
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When I work, I like to just kind of stay quiet, stay to myself. I like to walk around a lot and figure out what's gonna happen in the scene and try to get my head straight.
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A lot of who I am is in the work I do.
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Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
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Modelling is completely different from acting. They are two skills that you can't compare.
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Liking interesting things doesn’t make you interesting.
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There is no man that can teach us to be gentlemen better than Joseph Addison.
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Mexico is going to need the United States to cooperate in order to rid itself of the violence and corruption that results from the drug trade.
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Come to think of [a handsome young carpenter], Harrison Ford used to be a carpenter.
