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Roger Ebert

‘Marley’ does what is probably the best possible job of documenting an important life.

Doe

Important

Jobs

“The Lucky One” is at its heart a romance novel, elevated however by Nicholas Sparks’ persuasive storytelling. Readers don’t read his books because they’re true, but because they ought to be true.

Book

Heart

Romance

[Alan Berg’s] memory haunts many people, even those who never heard him on the radio, because his death could be read as a message: Be cautious, be prudent, be bland, never push anybody, never say what you really think, offer yourself as a hostage to the weirdos even before they make the first move. These days, a lot of people are opposed to the newfound popularity of ‘trash television,’ and no doubt they are right, and the hosts of these shows are shameless controversy-mongers. But at least they are not intimidated. Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?

Memories

Moving

Thinking

[D]oes the real world have any more substance than visions and hallucinations when we’re having them? At any given moment, what’s happening in our minds is all and everything that happens.

Mind

Real

Vision

3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension. Hollywood’s current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal. It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience. For some, it is an annoying distraction. For others, it creates nausea and headaches.

Crazy

Perfectly Good

Suicidal

A corner is important. It provides privacy and an anchor and lets you exist independently of the room.

Anchors

Important

Rooms

A depressing number of people seem to process everything literally. They are to wit as a blind man is to a forest, able to find every tree, but each one coming as a surprise.

Depressing

Men

Numbers

A few actresses have all but set up shop as women of a certain age who attract younger lovers. I think of Susan Sarandon, Cameron Diaz and Isabelle Huppert.

Actresses

Age

Thinking

A film like Hoop Dreams is what the movies are for. It takes us, shakes us, and makes us think in new ways about the world around us. It gives us the impression of having touched life itself.

Dream

Giving

Thinking

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

Book

Firsts

Long

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Anchors

Animal

Apples

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Art Is

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Assuming

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Bad Movies

Baseball

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Believe

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Boring

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Quotes by Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert

‘Marley’ does what is probably the best possible job of documenting an important life.

“The Lucky One” is at its heart a romance novel, elevated however by Nicholas Sparks’ persuasive storytelling. Readers don’t read his books because they’re true, but because they ought to be true.

[D]oes the real world have any more substance than visions and hallucinations when we’re having them? At any given moment, what’s happening in our minds is all and everything that happens.

3-D is a waste of a perfectly good dimension. Hollywood’s current crazy stampede toward it is suicidal. It adds nothing essential to the moviegoing experience. For some, it is an annoying distraction. For others, it creates nausea and headaches.

A corner is important. It provides privacy and an anchor and lets you exist independently of the room.

A depressing number of people seem to process everything literally. They are to wit as a blind man is to a forest, able to find every tree, but each one coming as a surprise.

A few actresses have all but set up shop as women of a certain age who attract younger lovers. I think of Susan Sarandon, Cameron Diaz and Isabelle Huppert.

A film like Hoop Dreams is what the movies are for. It takes us, shakes us, and makes us think in new ways about the world around us. It gives us the impression of having touched life itself.

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

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