Richard Roeper Quotes
When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team.
Quotes to Explore
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The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on purpose to debase the value of its own paper currency was one to astonish the world.
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You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
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Vegetarian and frugal it may be, but the chickpea is one of the most versatile ingredients you could keep in your cupboards.
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This position is untenable, and there can be no pause in the agitation for full political power and responsibility until these are granted to all the women of the nation.
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More than any other art form I know of in America, country music speaks of the true relationship between the American male and the American female... Terrible and impossible.
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I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.
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The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion that gets staged over a sequence of dramatic moments, so you empathize with the characters without really thinking about it too much. It is a really powerful tool for imagining yourself in other people's situations.
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You never get time at Working Title, sadly, to enjoy any film's success, because you're worrying about the next lot.
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My fantasy is to have a restaurant where there are no written menus, but where you just ask people, 'What are you in the mood for? Fish? Meat? White wine?'
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If I say I'm the best actor for the part, I mean it and I'm not kidding.
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Once in a while I do put up a video or a thank you tweet for my fans. I think our interaction cements our bond. Getting so much love from them makes me feel blessed.
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I know the game well. I'm a student of basketball; I know what it takes to win.
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Everything is politically correct nowadays.
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I didn't go to high school, but when I did go to school, I was actually in the group made up of cheerleaders; I just wasn't one of them. But I hung out with a bunch of different kids.
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People only see two hours of a tennis match where you're fighting and running and sometimes getting upset. There's a lot more than those two hours. Going out there and playing is actually the easy part.
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I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it.
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I think diamonds represent luxury, indulgence, and class. So any time you can incorporate a gift that is synonymous with all those attributes, you know the other person will love it. I would challenge someone to find something that better represents Valentine's Day more than diamonds!
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When you have a different mother, you want to be in her world. Because in mine, I didn't feel like I fit in.
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I don't really have a bad premiere experience. They're exciting at first. I think, when you first get into the business, you're excited about going down the line and seeing what that's like.
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I'm really excited to see my vision for the 'British Vogue' team come to fruition.
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I'm a firm believer that if you are not on the team, you ought not have input on who the quarterback is going to be.
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When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team.
