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What in the world is a leave of presence? It means I am not going away.

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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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Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.
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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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I felt it would to add a great deal to my legend for eccentricity.
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I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class. I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.
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I am grateful for the gifts of intelligence, love, wonder and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting.
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I am not a believer, not an atheist, not an agnostic. I am still awake at night, asking how? I am more content with the question than I would be with an answer.
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