Roger Ebert Short Quotes

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There is a word for this movie, and that word is: Ick.

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I would rather eat a golf ball than see this movie again.

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Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?

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For me, the movies are like a machine that generates empathy.

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Why did they give an R rating to a movie perfect for teenagers?

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I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.

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I'm told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring.

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Not everyone needs to be slammed into a category and locked there.

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The moment a man stops dreaming is the moment he petrifies inside.

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Rarely has a movie this expensive provided so many quotable lines.

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The Golden Thumb is not as good as the Oscar, but it is a lot of fun.

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It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people.

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It is not enough for a movie to be righteous. It must also be watchable.

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

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Resentment is just a way of letting someone else use your mind rent-free.

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Never marry anyone you could not sit next to during a three-day bus trip.

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

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If there is such a thing as a lock on an Oscar nomination,... Hoffman has one.

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It's hard to explain the fun to be found in seeing the right kind of bad movie.

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A lot of first novels are written long before they're actually put down on paper.

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This movie was made by professionals. Do not attempt any of this behavior yourself.

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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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That's what fantasies are for, to help us imagine that things are better than they are.

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It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.

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If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.

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I know aliens from other worlds are required to arrive in New Mexico, but why stay there?

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I will one day be thin, but Vincent Gallo will always be the director of The Brown Bunny.

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Call me hardhearted, call me cynical, but please don't call me if they make Home Alone 3.

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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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It's easier to identify with loss than love, because we have had so much more experience of it.

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