Carrie Fisher quotes - page 3

What worries me is, what if this guy is really the one for me and I just haven't had enough therapy yet for me to be comfortable with having found him. (Carrie Fisher)
People are still asking me if I knew Star Wars was going to be that big of a hit. Yes, we all knew. The only one who didn't know was George. View quote
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I don't want to be thought of as a survivor because you have to continue getting involved in difficult situations to show off that particular gift, and I'm not interested in doing that anymore. View quote
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As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don't. View quote
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"That's the way it works in movies," said Suzanne. "Something happens that has an impact on someone's life, and based on that impact, his life shifts course. Well, that's not how it happens in life. Something has an impact on you, and then your life stays the same, and you think, 'Well, what about the impact?' View quote
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Mothers are great. They outlast everything. But when they're bad, they're the worst thing that can happen. View quote
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. View quote
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The world of manic depression is a world of bad judgment calls. View quote
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I have two moods. One is Roy, rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood. And Pam, sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs... Sometimes the tide is in, sometimes it's out. View quote
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I'll never be known for my work with boundaries. View quote
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I always wrote. I wrote from when I was 12. That was therapeutic for me in those days. I wrote things to get them out of feeling them, and onto paper. So writing in a way saved me, kept me company. I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I liked and words I didn't know. (Carrie Fisher)
I have a chemical imbalance that, in its most extreme state, will lead me to a mental hospital. View quote
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I found out when I did the Oprah Winfrey show that there was a cookie jar of me. So she gave it to me. I had no idea prior to that that it even existed. View quote
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He's a very strange guy, my father. I can't get mad at him because he's so adorable. View quote
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I don't want to be a victim. View quote
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I like performing. I like partnering with an audience. View quote
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My father was a joyous, joyous spirit, he really was. He was a hedonist, that was just - he enjoyed life, thrust up to the elbows with it. He was a terrible father. I don't know that he was parented that well. View quote
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Mistakes are a drag, because you get in the area of regret and self-pity. View quote
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Anything you can do in excess for the wrong reasons is exciting to me. View quote
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I am a very discreet human when it comes to other people. View quote
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I was born into big celebrity. It could only diminish. (Carrie Fisher)
I did the traditional thing with falling in love with words, reading books and underlining lines I liked and words I didn't know. It was something I always did. View quote
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People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach. View quote
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Females get hired along procreative lines. After 40, we're kind of cooked. View quote
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So when I was 24, someone suggested to me that I was bipolar, and I thought that was ridiculous. I just thought he was trying to get out of treating me. But he was also responding to the chaotic nature of my life. View quote
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