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We exist to have our wealth moved up the economic chain out of our reach.

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Roger Ebert
Age: 70 †
Born: 1942
Born: June 18
Died: 2013
Died: April 4
Film Critic
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Reporter
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Urbana
Illinois
Roger Joseph Ebert
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If you pay attention to the movies they will tell you what people desire and fear. Movies are hardly ever about what they seem to be about. Look at a movie that a lot of people love, and you will find something profound, no matter how silly the film may be.
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We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA.
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There are two things you can't argue in film: comedy and eroticism. If something doesn't make you laugh, no one can tell you why it's funny, and it's difficult to reason someone out of an erection.
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All good art is about something deeper than it admits.
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Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.
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We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try.
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Someone once said the fundamental reason we get married is because have a universal human need for a witness.
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Life is made up of challenges that cannot be solved but only accepted.
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What a terrible thing it would be to be the Pope! What unthinkable responsibilities to fall on your shoulders at an advanced age! No privacy. No seclusion. No sin.
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If you plan to miss this movie, better miss it quickly I doubt if it'll be around to miss for long.
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What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable.
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There must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think?
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I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason. And the parrots of talk radio are just sending out the same stuff. When I look at my e-mails, I see the same Limbaugh rhetoric apparently, people don't have any ideas of their own. And there's just this drumroll of anti-progressive thought.
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In Hollywood, 'under development' means 'all I have is the title.'
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I have always had my doubts about any form of divine intervention in sports contests. The power of prayer may be remarkable in many other arenas, but why should God want my team to win instead of the other side? Isn't it insulting to request God to even take an interest in baseball?
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The moment a man stops dreaming is the moment he petrifies inside.
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