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And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue with them, and differ with them, but don't just try to shut them up.

Roger Ebert

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Roger Ebert
Age: 70 †
Born: 1942
Born: June 18
Died: 2013
Died: April 4
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Roger Joseph Ebert
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All I require of a religion is that it be tolerant of those who do not agree with it.
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I just assume I'm right. Partially out of conviction and partially as a pose.
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That's what fantasies are for, to help us imagine that things are better than they are.
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I have no fear of death. We all die. I consider my remaining days to be like money in the bank. When it is all gone, I will be repossessed.
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