Billy Crystal Quotes
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I've always had a natural affiliation with nature. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be some sort of biologist working in the field in Africa or something.
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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
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I was always going to be a dancer - I drifted into acting.
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I became a clown when these docs came to the house in Berkeley and asked me to come cheer up kids. I'd just had my third spinal fusion and I was looking for something to take my mind off the pain I was in.
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I can tell you Donald Trump's products may not be made in America, but Donald Trump was made in America.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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You want to help gay kids, you have to reach them in middle school and high school, when they're being bullied.
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So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you - and fight alongside you - until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back, all the way.
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The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win.
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We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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I'm not that ambitious any more. I just like my privacy. I wish I really wasn't talked about at all.
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I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine.
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The kids never listen to you, especially the youngest ones.
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I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.
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I'm a golfer, and what are the two sports you can do till you drop? Golf and surfing. They're great for you limber-wise, they're great for you health-wise, and they put you in sweet locations.
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In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.
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It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier.
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What passes for sports coverage is terribly sycophantic.
