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Roger Ebert

American Critic

Born: Jun 18, 1942

Died: Apr 4, 2013

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When we're discussing who to invite to a dinner party, my wife Chaz and I sometimes use the shorthand, 'good value for money,' which indicates guests expected to be entertaining. Roger Ebert

Good Money Sometimes Wife Value Dinner Party Guests Dinner Party Entertaining Invite Discussing Expected Which Shorthand Use Who

We think of first love as sweet and valuable, a blessed if hazardous condition. Roger Ebert

Love Valuable First Blessed Sweet Think Hazardous First Love Condition

'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' is without a doubt the best film we are ever likely to see on the subject - unless there is a sequel, which is unlikely, because at the end, the Lincolns are on their way to the theater. Roger Ebert

All but a very few of us are in debt. We exist as entities who borrow money and spend the rest of our lives making interest payments on a debt tally that never seems to budge. Whatever wealth we have, in labor, property or cash, is suctioned to the top. Roger Ebert

Property Money Wealth Rest Few Whatever Our Spend Top Our Lives Borrow Cash Seems Entities Never Making Exist Debt Very Labor Interest Us Payments Who Lives

We exist to have our wealth moved up the economic chain out of our reach. Roger Ebert

Wealth Our Out Economic Reach Exist Up Moved Chain

One of the weapons Marvel used in its climb to comic-book dominance was a willingness to invent new characters at a dizzying speed. There are so many Marvel universes, indeed, that some superheroes do not even exist in one another's worlds, preventing gridlock. Roger Ebert

What a terrible thing it would be to be the Pope! What unthinkable responsibilities to fall on your shoulders at an advanced age! No privacy. No seclusion. No sin. Roger Ebert

Privacy Age Fall Responsibilities Would Would-Be Advanced Sin Unthinkable Terrible Terrible Thing Shoulders Your Pope Thing Seclusion

Growing up, I missed the whole 'Three Stooges' thing. Either they weren't on the station in my hometown, or we hadn't bought a TV set yet, or they came to town too late for me. I'm pretty sure that at the right age, I would have loved them. Roger Ebert

Me Age Too Late Three Too Late Station TV Would TV Set Pretty Bought Missed Town Sure Came Were Up Stooges Loved Either Them Whole Growing Growing Up Hometown Right Thing Set

Here's how much I know about hockey. Mike Royko and I were in a tiny bar one winter night, and the radio kept reporting goals by the Blackhawks. I mentioned how frequently the team was scoring. 'You're listening to the highlights,' Royko observed. Roger Ebert

You Winter Goals Listening About Mentioned Observed Highlights Know Frequently How How Much Were Scoring Reporting Tiny Hockey Bar Much Mike Team Radio Here Night Kept

There must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think? Roger Ebert

You Better Think Baby Plot Must Point Provide Than Reason

I'm told we movie critics praise movies that are long and boring. Roger Ebert

Long Critics Boring Praise Movie Movies

Sarah Palin lacked the preparation or temperament to be one heartbeat away from the presidency, but what she possessed in abundance was the ability to inflame political passions and energize the John McCain campaign with star quality. Roger Ebert

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

People Think Way Correct Never Simply Politically Politically Correct Themselves Choosing

Not everyone needs to be slammed into a category and locked there. Roger Ebert

Needs Everyone Locked Category Slammed

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