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Roger Ebert was a renowned American film critic, born on June 18, 1942, and passed away on April 4, 2013. Known for his unique style of film criticism and profound insights into the art of cinema, he served as a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and founded the influential film review website RogerEbert.com.

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“If Hollywood stars speak out, so do all sorts of other people. Now Hollywood stars can get a better hearing.”

People Ifs Speak Stars Hollywood Hearing Speaks Out Hollywood Stars

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“People never think of themselves as choosing to be politically correct. They simply think in the way that they do.”

People Thinking Way Politically Correct

Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition

Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition

“If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying, in one way or another, with the people on the screen.”

People Ifs Way Two Social Hours Forget Numbers Security Car Screens One Way Social Security Identifying Vicarious

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“I believe that young people wearing hoods, unless they are very young, can be frightening. What are they hiding? Why don't they want to come out into the light with the rest of us? They may be perfectly nice, but the hoods send an uncertain statement.”

People Want Believe May Light Young I Believe Nice Statements Hiding Frightening Uncertain Hood

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“I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly.”

People Thinking Giving Self Film Opportunity Internet Criticism Enormous Friendly Site Publish Boost Film Criticism

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“A lot of people just go to movies that feed into their preexisting and not so noble needs and desires: They just go to action pictures, and things like that.”

People Needs Action Desire Noble

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“All over the web there are some very good critics and it's become for people who are interested. It's become a very good way to get to reviews and involve yourself in discussions.”

People Way Critics Very Good Discussion Reviews Good Way

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“It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally get a religion in the White House that's causing a lot of conflicts, and concerns, and disturbances for a lot of people, it's in the Bush Administration.”

People House White Conflict Concern Catholic Administration White House Disturbance

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“Open-heart surgery is now part of a typical life experience for many people. Folks talk casually about 'having a stent put in,' as if they had their tires rotated.”

People Ifs Heart Folks Life Experience Typical Surgery Tire Open Heart Heart Surgery

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“The right really dominates radio, and it's amazing how much energy the right spends telling us that the press is slanted to the left when it really isn't. They want to shut other people up. They really don't understand the First Amendment.”

People Want Firsts Energy Left Presses Radio Amendments First Amendment

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“Low self esteem involves imagining the worst that other people can think about you.”

People Thinking Self Worst Self Esteem Lows Esteem Low Self Esteem Imagining The Worst

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“People read the papers not in the hopes of learning something new, but in the expectation of being told what they already know. This is a form of living death. Its apotheosis is the daily poll in USA Today, which informs us what percentage of a small number of unscientifically selected people called a toll number to vote on questions that cannot possibly be responded to with a yes or no.”

Source: Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert: Second Edition

“I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together.”

People Facts Together Enjoy Smart Tables Contemplating Smart People

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

People Doe Seems Fame Humiliating

Book:Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition

Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition

About the Author

Born: June 18, 1942
Died: April 4, 2013
Known for: Film critic
Quotes: 385

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