Carrie Fisher

Actress

1956-10-21 – 2016-12-27

American actress and author best known for portraying Princess Leia in the Star Wars films. She was also an acclaimed writer and script doctor. Fisher was the daughter of performers Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.

Quotes by Carrie Fisher

Oh! This'll impress you - I'm actually in the Abnormal Psychology textbook. Obviously my family is so proud. Keep in mind though, I'm a PEZ dispenser and I'm in the abnormal Psychology textbook. Who says you can't have it all?
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Clothes falling away signals a situation that I'll likely avoid putting into words. If clothes don't dress it up, don't expect talk to, either.
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One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in this case, come from the inside). At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you're living with this illness and functioning at all, it's something to be proud of, not ashamed of.They should issue medals along with the steady stream of medication.
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She wanted so to be tranquil, to be someone who took walks in the late-afternoon sun, listening to the birds and crickets and feeling the whole world breathe. Instead, she lived in her head like a madwoman locked in a tower, hearing the wind howling through her hair and waiting for someone to come and rescue her from feeling things so deeply that her bones burned.
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Youth and beauty are not accomplishments. They're the temporary happy byproducts of time and/or DNA. Don't hold your breath for either.
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Unfortunately, it hurts all three of my feelings.
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Actually, I am a failed anorexic. I have anorexic thinking, but I can't seem to muster the behavoir
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I'm sorry it's not Mark - it could've been. It should've been. It might've meant something. Maybe not much, but certainly more.
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Suzanne sat in Roger's chair, staring at the reflection of her dread morning face. Roger browsed his cassette rack. Do you want calming or stimulating? he asked her. Suzanne mulled it over for a few moments. It was a question she had asked herself about men.
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To make him important in one's life requires an overactive imagination. Unfortunately, mine never knows when to quit.
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I thought you might supply some tendernessI lackedBut out of all the things I offered you took mybreath awayand now I want it back
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There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed.
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ligion is the opiate of the masses. I did masses of opiates religiously.
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I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.
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One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in this case, come from the inside). At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you're living with this illness and functioning at all, it's something to be proud of, not ashamed of.They should issue medals along with the steady stream of medication.
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She wanted so to be tranquil, to be someone who took walks in the late-afternoon sun, listening to the birds and crickets and feeling the whole world breathe. Instead, she lived in her head like a madwoman locked in a tower, hearing the wind howling through her hair and waiting for someone to come and rescue her from feeling things so deeply that her bones burned.
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Oh! This'll impress you - I'm actually in the Abnormal Psychology textbook. Obviously my family is so proud. Keep in mind though, I'm a PEZ dispenser and I'm in the abnormal Psychology textbook. Who says you can't have it all?
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Clothes falling away signals a situation that I'll likely avoid putting into words. If clothes don't dress it up, don't expect talk to, either.
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I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.
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Actually, I am a failed anorexic. I have anorexic thinking, but I can't seem to muster the behavoir
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