Billy Crystal Quotes
As I sit here writing and look across the room at Janice, I keep thinking of the most heartbreaking question: which of us will go first?
Quotes to Explore
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Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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Unlike the Marxists, I have no mind block against the U.S.
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I think there's no greater healing power than music.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He's not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
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Creating more and better jobs is how you build a strong economy.
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If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
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Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies change people's lives.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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It's hard to kill that father-son bond.
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Whether I'm wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I'm always the same person inside.
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There is a profound difference between information and meaning.
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Who is going to educate the human race in the principles and practice of conservation?
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I went seven years between 2002 and 2009 without winning. Then I did win in '09.
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News Corporation, today, reaches people at home and at work... when they're thinking... when they're laughing... and when they are making choices that have enormous impact. The unique potential - and duty - of a media company are to help its audiences connect to the issues that define our time.
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I sit and I write automatically. I don't really try to write. My subconscious mind takes over and writes the songs for me. Songs come very easily for me. When I'm inspired, it takes me 20 minutes to write a song.
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The move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a 'fairness' issue, is the typical 'wolf-in-sheep's-clothing' ploy so often used by governments unwilling to cut expenditures to match revenues. It matters not whether its proponents have a 'D' or an 'R' after their name. It is a tax increase in either case.
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As I sit here writing and look across the room at Janice, I keep thinking of the most heartbreaking question: which of us will go first?
