Roger Ebert Quotes

You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane.

Roger Ebert

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 18, 1942 - April 4, 2013

Topics

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My only surprise when I saw Thanos up on the screen was how violet he was. I always saw his exposed hide as being more grayish violet.

Jim Starlin

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When people say negative things or speculate, you can't help but feel hurt.

Ann Curry

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There's obviously a push to protect the quarterback, but you have to give the defensive players a chance. All of the quarterback has to do is pull the ball, and he's a runner. How's the defender going to know if the ball is pulled or not?

Jeff Fisher

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There's a bigger difference between the first and second Bush administrations than there is between Bush and Obama. That's really true.

Michael Hayden

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History is everything that has ever happened.

Stephen Ambrose

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I think I got off on the wrong planet. Beam me up Scotty, there's no rational life here.

Robert Anton Wilson

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What makes a man is when you go against your own instincts to do to the right thing.

Rod Lurie

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This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.

Miriam Toews

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The Man Upstairs is taking care of me.

Chuck Berry

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Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade.

Bob Beauprez

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I'm a fan of odd meters. For example, I've decided to sing 'No Business Like Show Business,' but I'll be doing it in constantly changing 5/4, 7/4 and 11/4 time signatures. I've found a way to make that work.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

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I just feel really fortunate to build a career as a writer.

Pippa Middleton

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