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From the first time I saw Sid Caesar be funny I knew that's what I had to do.

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Billy Crystal
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 14
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William Edward Crystal
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Consider 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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