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No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue with them, and differ with them, but don't just try to shut them up.

From Roger Ebert

I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.

From Roger Ebert

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

From Roger Ebert

I'll tell you, I think that the Internet has provided an enormous boost to film criticism by giving people an opportunity to self publish or to find sites that are friendly.

From Roger Ebert

Life is made up of challenges that cannot be solved but only accepted.

From Roger Ebert

' 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.

From Roger Ebert