Roger Ebert Quotes

Why is it that English, drama and music teachers are most often recalled as our mentors and inspirations? Maybe because artists are rarely members of the popular crowd.

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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There's still a place for someone to come up with a strong headline, some copy in a commercial that's well written. I'm not saying it was better in the old days; it's just a totally different way of communicating.

Jerry Della Femina

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One of the most productive times in my early writing life was while I had a full-time job as a word processor in a law firm and also worked part-time at night, often working until 11:00 P.M.

John Lescroart

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I'm no real expert on China.

Max Baucus

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Let's start fresh with Russia on some real help and some real reform.

Jeffrey Sachs

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Normally, we push away the things we're scared of.

Jeff Bridges

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I think I'm going to be a stuntwoman on the side.

Silvia Colloca

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Way back when I was working at the dump, I saw that, even when living among the trash, that some people would decide to choose joy in their lives.

Luis Alberto Urrea

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I always set out to tell a good story, to create a character that young people can relate to, place them in a situation that will be interesting, intriguing, eventually suspenseful. But what I find is that after I do that, then there are themes that emerge, which teachers can then use to provoke discussion and debate.

Lois Lowry

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I knew I'd have to go to work in real estate or something else or I could never finish my novel.

Judith Rossner

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Mostly what you remember and enjoy are the scenes you played with people. And quite often, they're the combative scenes!

Diana Rigg

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I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.

Brian Eno

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My parents had to work hard, and I was always looking for a way to make it big - for their sakes as well as my own.

Tiny Tim

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