Roger Ebert Quotes

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

Roger Ebert

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleFameTrueWillAnythingSeem

Poetry was my dirty little secret when I was a fiction writer at Iowa, and then fiction became my dirty little secret when I started writing more poetry and working for 'Rookie'.

Jenny Zhang

PoetryWritingDirtyMoreSecret

My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding of unnecessary material goods and bizarre generosity with family, friends and even strangers.

Andy Behrman

FamilyGenerosityShoppingCredit

There must be some security arrangement in the south of Lebanon so northern Israel is not threatened anymore.

Menachem Begin

SecurityIsraelMustThreatenedSome

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.

John Mellencamp

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I hate people thinking their city is unique, but there is a certain aura about Los Angeles; it's not necessarily a beautiful thing, but it's part of Harry Bosch.

Michael Connelly

BeautifulHatePeopleCityThinking

I've been so entwined with technology since I was about 15, recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own.

St. Vincent

TechnologyMyselfMy OwnOwnThings

I get letters and messages on Twitter saying I've become a bit of a role model, which is wonderful.

Russell Tovey

SayingRole ModelLettersBecomeGet

And that is called paying the Dane-geld; but we've proved it again and again, that if once you have paid him the Dane-geld you never get rid of the Dane.

Rudyard Kipling

YouNeverHimPaidGetAgain

Many poor and low-income women cannot afford to purchase contraceptive services and supplies on their own.

Louise Slaughter

WomenPoorOwnCannotLow-Income

All good poetry is forged slowly and patiently, link by link, with sweat and blood and tears.

Lord Alfred Douglas

GoodPoetryTearsSweatBloodLink

History's like a story in a way: it depends on who's telling it.

Dorothy Salisbury Davis

HistoryStoryWayLikeDepends

The money is great, no way am I complaining.

David Wells

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