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Carrie Fisher was an American actress, writer, and mental health advocate, world-famous for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars saga. Her candid humor and openness about her struggles with addiction and bipolar disorder broke taboos in Hollywood and inspired many. She is remembered as a beloved icon, whose wit and honesty left a lasting impact on entertainment and culture. Here are 99 of her quotes:

You know what's funny about death? I mean other than absolutely nothing at all? You'd think we could remember finding out we weren't immortal. Sometimes I see children sobbing airports and I think, "Aww. They've just been told.

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Do not let what you think they think of you make you stop and question everything you are.

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If anyone reads this when I have passed to the big bad beyond I shall be posthumorously embarrassed. I shall spend my entire afterlife blushing.

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I don't hate hardly ever, and when I love, I love for miles and miles. A love so big it should either be outlawed or it should have a capital and its own currency.

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I'm a hick,” I recall saying to him. "No,” Harrison answered. "You think you're less than you are. You're a smart hick.” And then, "You have the eyes of a doe and the balls of a samurai.

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I act like someone in a bomb shelter trying to raise everyone's spirits.

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The one I wore to kill Jabba (my favorite moment in my own personal film history), which I highly recommend your doing: find an equivalent of killing a giant space slug in your head and celebrate that.

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I have gone to the set and you're kind of around in this-it's kind of combat writing when you do rewriting and stuff, and I feel like it's a kind of ambulance chasing. Recently, I did this kind of a (laughing) where you go, "Oh, my God, it's bleeding from the second act. Quick! Quick! Give me a suture! No, give me the paddles! This is the third act that's having a heart attack!! The star is coming! The star is coming!"

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Take your broken heart, make it into art.

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I need to write. It keeps me focused for long enough to complete thoughts. To let each train of thought run to its conclusion and let a new one begin. It keeps me thinking. I'm afraid that if I stop writing I'll stop thinking and start feeling.

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One of the great things to pretend is that you're not only alright, you're in great shape. Now to have that come true - I've actually gone on stage depressed and that's worked its magic on me, 'cause if I can convince you that I'm alright, then maybe I can convince me.

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In the Fifties, my parents were known as 'America's sweethearts'. Their pictures graced the covers of all the newspapers. They were the Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston of their day.

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My mother's career was over at 40 but she was still trying to be everyone's buddy, always smiling for the cameras.

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The manic end of is a lot of fun.

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Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And L.A. is the 'What party?' capital of the world.

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I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

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I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there's something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it's not something that you're in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience.

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Certainly there are people who like me, but then there are those who don't know me who gossip about me. You can't believe the things I've heard.

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Acting engenders and harbours qualities that are best left way behind in adolescence.

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I was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California. My father, Eddie Fisher, was a famous singer. My mother, Debbie Reynolds, was a movie star. Her best-known role was in 'Singin' In The Rain.'

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I have to start by telling you that my entire existence can be summed up in one phrase. And that is: If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

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