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" One night, I wrote down all the things I was waiting to do with my little granddaughter, and it became a book, 'I Already Know I Love You.' It was one of those really lovely things in life. "

Billy Crystal

Waiting

Book

Life

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" I have performed my one-man show '700 Sundays' over 400 times now. There were only two times that I can honestly say I was nervous. The first was when I knew Mel Brooks was in the audience, and the second was when Sid Caesar came. "

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" My mind is always going. I'm always thinking what I need to do, what I haven't done, what I did do, what I didn't do as well as I could - I'm relentless that way with myself. "

" The Arc de Triomphe, the Eiffel Tower. They're monumental. They're straight out of Page 52 in your school history book. "

" Women need a reason to have sex. Men just need a place. "

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" There used to be that you only had four or five critics that you would look to for intelligent conversation, but now there are millions of people who can just press 'send,' and everyone's got an opinion even if no one cares what they say. It makes things a little bit tougher. "

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" I was a good baseball player. I still play a couple of times a week as part of my daily workout. Just throwing the ball, running around, fielding ground balls, you know. It's better to me than being on a treadmill or some sort of Zumba class. "

Billy Crystal

Know

Baseball

" You have to really respect what your kids are doing with their kids and how they're raising them. You can't push your way into areas where you shouldn't be saying anything. You have to always remember they're not your own kids. Play with them, love them, spoil them to death - then hand them back. "

" Humans love sex, we need sex, it's how we connect, it reminds us we're alive, it's the third most basic human need, after food and good movie popcorn. "

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" We're in this together. We are Americans. We all have to do the best we can. And we will because that's who we are. "

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" I still don't love the darkness, though I've learned to smile in it a little bit, now and then. "

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Billy Crystal

Grandparents

Fun

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" Gentlemen, start your egos. "

" My parents always looked like they loved being together. That's what I took from them, and that's how my wife and I are. I still feel like we're dating. "