Salvatore J. Cordileone Quotes
I want to focus on the importance of supporting marriage. I always speak about the need to respect everyone's human dignity - regardless of their sexual orientation. I think strengthening marriage is something that benefits everyone.
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I've spent so many years talking about poverty and economic justice, I'm strongly tempted to get biblical. Jesus' teachings are so radical; they're just insanely generous and apocalyptic. Christians become more fascinated by the dead Jesus. They don't like the living Jesus.
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I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record.
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If we had a terrorist attack, the way the people respond is going to determine whether that attack is just a tragedy or whether that attack becomes an all-out disaster.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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The Nobel Prize has given me, for the first time in my life, the feeling that my literature could be appreciated on an international level.
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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.
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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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Everything we do, even the slightest thing we do, can have a ripple effect and repercussions that emanate. If you throw a pebble into the water on one side of the ocean, it can create a tidal wave on the other side.
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I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day.
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World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.
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I'm not into solos, I'm into lyrics.
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I was on stage with Cyndi Lauper, and my trousers split. It seemed like she was going to sing for ever.
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The toughest challenge I faced came right at the beginning of my career with 'Blood Knot,' which was trying to convince South African audiences that South African stories also had a place on the stage.
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We are going to see a burst of creativity that will make the Renaissance pale in comparison.
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A lot of times, I'll have a goal, I'll start writing, and I'll end up in some far off place, which is good. It's nice to have a focus, but letting the lyrics write themselves where they need to go is important.
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I want to focus on the importance of supporting marriage. I always speak about the need to respect everyone's human dignity - regardless of their sexual orientation. I think strengthening marriage is something that benefits everyone.
