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Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher was an American actress, screenwriter and author, most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy. Fisher was the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds. She had one daughter, Billie Lourd (b. 1992).

Her final film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, was released on December 15, 2017 and is dedicated to her.


“I've got to stop getting obsessed with human beings and fall in love with a chair. Chairs have everything human beings have to offer, and less, which is obviously what I need. Less emotional feedback, less warmth, less approval, less patience and less response. The less the merrier. Chairs it is. I must furnish my heart with feelings for furniture.”
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“Instant gratification takes too long.”
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“Immediate gratification takes too long.”
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“I shot through my twenties like a luminous thread through a dark needle, blazing toward my destination: Nowhere.”
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“Never let 'em see you ache. That's what Mr. Mayer used to say. Or was it ass? Never let 'em see your ass.”
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“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ”
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“Sometimes I feel like I've got my nose pressed up against the window of a bakery, only I'm the bread.”
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“I don’t want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.”
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