Blase J. Cupich Quotes
Listen, talk, be respectful of people - and make sure that you have openness to where people are coming from. And you don't do anything that is unnecessarily antagonistic, that is only going to make you feel good because you've done it.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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We have a president who stole the presidency through family ties, arrogance and intimidation, employing Republican operatives to exercise the tactics of voter fraud by disenfranchising thousands of blacks, elderly Jews and other minorities.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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My mother was against me being an artist. She just wanted me to marry a rich man.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
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I am what they call a chubby-skinny guy. I appear to be normal and have the look of an in-shape man, but if we were to go to a pool party I would go with my shirt on.
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In my world view, clearly the Internet is a huge force multiplier for Indian media because it has not crept up on us like something invisible; we've seen it all play out in the West.
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Genetically, I'm like my mum, and she looked great right up until her death in 1989.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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People think they have to give up things to make a difference to the world, but you don't have to.
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It's really hard to get a coffee with someone. I have to call my agent, my agent calls their agent, their agent calls their manager, the manager calls back, the actor sends someone to the manager... then you get, 'Yeah, yeah, I'd love to have dinner at six,' and all I wanted was coffee! It can take, like, six days to get coffee.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago.
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The paradox of anti-Semitism is that it is invariably up to the Jews to explain away the charges. The anti-Semite simply has to make them.
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I remember, growing up, if something big - God forbid - happened, the first jokes you heard on the subject came out of Jersey.
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Whenever I have a bad day I just think of these people.
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I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting more and more beneficial, without seeing the other side.
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I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I'm very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I've still got it somewhere.
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People who have never dealt with depression think it's just being sad or being in a bad mood. That's not what depression is for me; it's falling into a state of grayness and numbness.
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Weezer isn't stuck in roles, so we just do what we want to do, what makes us excited.
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Listen, talk, be respectful of people - and make sure that you have openness to where people are coming from. And you don't do anything that is unnecessarily antagonistic, that is only going to make you feel good because you've done it.
