Richard Roeper Quotes

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• The magic gets lost in translation.
• When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team.
• Sometimes a 3-1 favorite loses. That's why they call it gambling, and that's why they keep flipping over the cards.
• I grew up in Dolton, just south of Chicago, about a 20-minute drive from old Comiskey Park.
• On first blush, Hold 'em seems like a ridiculously simple game.
• Well, I think one of the reasons Chicago became so popular as a filmmaker location is because New York had been used so many times…
• There's a lot of vitriolic ranting out there, but there are literally hundreds of critics on the web who care deeply about film and having…
• Becca Gardner is wonderful as the good-hearted little Griff who refuses to be daunted by all the heart-ache and resentment on dad's ranch and this…
• Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
• Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked ladies. Women's magazines also often feature pictures of naked ladies. This is because the female body is a…
• The truth is that our way of celebrating the Christmas season does spring from myriad cultures and sources, from St. Nicholas to Coca-Cola advertising campaigns.
• Wal-Mart doesn't really care about your faith. Wal-Mart cares if you have money to spend, and it is going to be as generic as possible…
• I'm a lifelong bachelor, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't marry the right woman.
• Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.
• You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker.
• I loved watching classics such as 'Casablanca' and goofball comedies such as 'How To Murder Your Wife' on WGN-TV.
• I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12.
• That's why I've always been appreciative of truly creative radio commercials.
• You can't take up golf on a whim and find yourself competing against Tiger Woods in the Masters six months later.
• I became addicted to the movie-going experience in the 1970s, when I attended multiple screenings of films such as 'Chinatown', 'Jaws', 'Star Wars' and the…

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