Billy Crystal Quotes
People are always telling you you're done. Someone's always telling you that, especially now in the day of social media.
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by the Pearl River near my hometown, Columbia, Miss. I laid out a course of 65 yards or so. Sixty-five yards on sand is like 120 on turf, but running on sand helps you make your cuts at full speed.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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Starting out, they told me: 'You're a good-looking guy. We'll put you in this role, and you can be a conduit for the audience into this side of the story.' But I've grown up, and that's not what I want anymore. My concept of the job I do has evolved. And it is a job, nothing more.
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I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.
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When decentralized blockchain protocols start displacing the centralized web services that dominate the current Internet, we'll start to see real internet-based sovereignty. The future Internet will be decentralized.
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Especially in technology, we need revolutionary change, not incremental change.
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I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.
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I was all about my thoughts, my work, my inspiration. I was always in hair.
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Parties are only bad when a fight breaks out, when men fight over women or vice versa. Someone takes a fall, an ambulance comes, and the police arrive. If you can avoid those things, pretty much all behaviour is acceptable.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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If your mind is still, you're the happiest.
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I don't think I would be characterized as a Tea Party candidate; I would be characterized as the most effective candidate.
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Once, in a magazine interview, I said the difference between shoe ladies and bag ladies is that shoe ladies are just a bit classier. Finished! That started World War III among all the women I knew. I only meant that shoes do more for your look and body than bags do!
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People are always telling you you're done. Someone's always telling you that, especially now in the day of social media.
