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Kindness’ covers all of my political beliefs.

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
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Roger Joseph Ebert
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I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.
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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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Sometimes you only need to have a few words with a person to know you would like to have many more.
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