“Things are getting worse faster than I can lower my standards.”

—  Carrie Fisher

on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" http://ew.com/article/2009/09/04/craig-ferguson-jason-ritter/

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American actress, screenwriter and novelist 1956–2016

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