Billy Crystal Quotes
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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Platinum for me signifies everlasting love, which needs to be celebrated in the most special way.
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Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them to furnish in their own personality a good bit of the motive power to the mad pace.
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I think my message goes out to the entire spectrum of political parties. I'm supported by the Tea Party, the Conservative Party and the Republican Party. I come from a Democratic world. My world is moderate Democrats, Reagan-type Democrats if you want, the blues or whatever you call them, the Blue Dogs. That's been my world, historically.
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I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
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I'm like a mechanic. If you break down and phone the AA, they'll come to you whether it's raining or snowing. That's what an actor should do.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity.
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I wanted to publish a book simply to be buried with it; that's all I wanted. I had no ambition beyond that.
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Leonard Cohen has a way with words and with humor that remind me to lighten up, which I appreciate very much.
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I prefer to connect with fans from the stage. Like, I don't have a Twitter page, or anything like that. So for me, that's what the show is about. For me - is a way to interact with fans; being up onstage and showing them, through music - which is all I really know - the best way to say thank you.
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I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.
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I think it's nice to break down that barrier, that models are seen and not heard.
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You have a lot of great teams in the NBA. I watched San Antonio against Dallas, and they're two great teams, and there are great teams in the east, as well. So it takes time to gel, as we've all seen.
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I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
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Certain writers look down their noses at plot, and I think I might have been one of them until I tried it.
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I want to keep acting. I'll be acting probably until I get a lot older.
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There's nothing that can replace quality programs in a non-profit.
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Too many of us had to suffer at the hands of a judiciary so independent that it often acted independently of both the basic principles of jurisprudence and the very constitution it swore to uphold and protect.
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There is a severe horse overpopulation crisis caused by overbreeding in the racing industry. It's time for that industry to accept responsibility for its castoffs and take dramatic action to protect a species that has so loyally served humankind.
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There's a million things that come through when you put songs together and it's kind of difficult to pinpoint exactly what triggers it on every occasion. It's just like somebody writing a screenplay or something like that.
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If the use of military force, or the threat of use of military force, is necessary to bring about a political solution, NATO is prepared to do it.
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I never worry that I'll die in my sleep, because I'm never asleep!
