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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Each of us has something within us which won't be denied, even if it makes us scream aloud to die. We are what we are, that's all. Like the old Celtic legend of the bird with the thorn in its breast, singing its heart out and dying. Because it has to, its self-knowledge can't affect or change the outcome, can it? Everyone singing his own little song, convinced it's the most wonderful song the world has ever heard. Don't you see? We create our own thorns, and never stop to count the cost. All we can do is suffer the pain, and tell ourselves it was well worth it.
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The accent today is on results, not on how well you work. You can't build a skyscraper in a day, but you can build a shack.
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What would we do without plaques to tell us who lived where and when? They introduce the past into the present, and are the quickest and most interesting way of reminding us that our streets exist above and beyond the here-and-now.
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Art is ultimately schizophrenic.
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If you forget yourself, you become the universe.
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I never worry that I'll die in my sleep, because I'm never asleep!
