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Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels.

Roger Ebert

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Roger Ebert
Age: 70 †
Born: 1942
Born: June 18
Died: 2013
Died: April 4
Film Critic
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Urbana
Illinois
Roger Joseph Ebert
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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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Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs.
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Families and their problems go on and on, and they aren't solved, they're dealt with.
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I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state. What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter. You can't say it wasn't interesting. My lifetime's memories are what I have brought home from the trip.
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The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it's just busyness, But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb.
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Never marry anyone you could not sit next to during a three-day bus trip.
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