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?
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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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I do not approve of museums trying just to get people to come in. Whistler was very, very clear on this.
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I think, as a writer, sometimes you do worry, 'Am I just writing, or am I putting the burden of African-Americans on my shoulder and carrying it?' But if we just write the stories that we're supposed to write, that's when we have the biggest impact.
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Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well.
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I have a dance background. I have an athletic background.
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There's always an attack on the sophomore novel from some quarters.
Colson Whitehead -
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?
