Roger Ebert quotes
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“To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (2011). “Life Itself: A Memoir”, p.291, Hachette UK
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“I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (2010). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2011”, p.1500, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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“Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.”
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“Every great film should seem new every time you see it.”
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“Praise without merit is more harmful than unearned criticism.”
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“When a girl says she likes you as a friend, what she means is: "Rather than have sex with you, I would prefer to lose you as a friend."”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (2013). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007”, p.364, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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“I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Interview With Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. August 1, 2003.
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“Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (1997). “Roger Ebert's Video Companion”, Andrews McMeel Pub
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“I do not fear death. I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear.”
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“Life always has an unhappy ending, but you can have a lot of fun along the way, and everything doesn't have to be dripping in deep significance.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (1987). “Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion”
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“Dogs remember every favor you ever do for them and store those events in a memory bank titled Why My Human Is A God.”
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“Start. Don’t look back. If at the end it doesn’t meet your hopes, start again. Now you know more about your hopes.”
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“Of all the arts, movies are the most powerful aid to empathy, and good ones make us into better people.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (2016). “The Great Movies IV”, p.21, University of Chicago Press
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“No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.”
-- Roger EbertSource : "A long column about the length of movies" by Eric Snider, www.mtv.com. July 13, 2011.
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“I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Interview With Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. August 1, 2003.
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“What every human being should do is eat a vegetarian diet based on whole foods. Period. That's it. Animal protein is bad for you. Dairy is bad for you. Forget the ads: Milk and eggs are bad for you.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (2011). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2012”, p.188, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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“Never marry anyone you could not sit next to during a three-day bus trip.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (2004). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005”, p.374, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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“It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (2012). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.589, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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“I was born inside the movie of my life. The visuals were before me, the audio surrounded me, the plot unfolded inevitably but not necessarily. I don't remember how I got into the movie, but it continues to entertain me.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (2011). “Life Itself: A Memoir”, p.4, Hachette UK
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“Dogs notice, they share, they draw conclusions, they like it when they're able to be of service and are touchingly grateful when they're praised.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (2012). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.483, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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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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“I think most people are more susceptible to prejudice than to reason.”
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“It is an interesting law of romance that a truly strong woman will choose a strong man who disagrees with her over a weak one who goes along. Strength demands intelligence, intelligence demands stimulation, and weakness is boring. It is better to find a partner you can contend with for a lifetime than one who accommodates you because he doesn't really care.”
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“Movies are not about moving, but about whether to move.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (2002). “The Great Movies”, p.16, Crown Archetype
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“When I go to the movies, one of my strongest desires is to be shown something new. I want to go to new places, meet new people, have new experiences. When I see Hollywood formulas mindlessly repeated, a little something dies inside of me: I have lost two hours to boors who insist on telling me stories I have heard before.”
-- Roger EbertSource : Roger Ebert (2009). “Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007”, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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