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Richard Roeper
American
Critic
About the author
You can't take up golf on a whim and find yourself competing against Tiger Woods in the Masters six months later.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
#Golf
#Months
#Whim
Living in the past is a Jethro Tull album, not a smart poker strategy.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
#Past
#Living
#Poker
#Strategy
Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
#Beginning
#Christmas
#Thanksgiving
I've been playing Texas Hold 'em and other forms of poker since I was about 12.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
#Poker
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 beautiful work of art, while the male body is hairy and lumpy and should not be seen by the light of day.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
#Work
#Art
#Day
#Men
#Light
#Body
#Women
#Ladies
You're not allowed to give yourself a nickname. This holds true in life as well as in poker.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
#Life
#Poker
When we root-root-root for the home team, we're rooting for our home as much as the team.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
#Home
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 that Chicago, I think, was rediscovered maybe in the late '60s, early '70s for a long time as a new location.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
#Time
#Popular
#Chicago
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 in exploiting the holiday season for every buck it can make.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
#Money
#Faith
#Care
#Holiday
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.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
#Truth
#Christmas
#Advertising
#Spring
That's why I've always been appreciative of truly creative radio commercials.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
Sometimes a 3-1 favorite loses. That's why they call it gambling, and that's why they keep flipping over the cards.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
#Favorite
#Cards
#Gambling
On first blush, Hold 'em seems like a ridiculously simple game.
Richard Roeper,
American
Critic
#First
#Blush