At 60, I could do the same things I could do at 30, if I could only remember what those things are.
Billy CrystalWhat's so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you're constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.
Billy CrystalThose are all real things that I experienced, not with [my daughters] growing up but with the, you know - I'm trying not to step into something and get a call, "Dad why'd you say that?"! But we'd go to games [where score wasn't kept], and I'd get it, but I wouldn't get it, because I think there's a real value in winners and losers, in not everybody getting a trophy - it makes you work hard, you appreciate what it takes, to say, "Why didn't we win?" You shouldn't be condemned for losing.
Billy CrystalWell, the way things are going, aside from wheat and auto parts, America's biggest export is now the Oscar.
Billy CrystalConsider the rose...The rose is the sweetest smelling flower of all, and it's the most beautiful because it's the most simple, right? But sometimes, you got to clip the rose. You got to cut the rose back, so something sweeter smelling and stronger, and even more beautiful, will grow in its place
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