Blase J. Cupich Quotes
Once we begin to make our churches safety zones in a military-style approach, we're going to lose something of the character of our places of worship.
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My parents took me to see plays, starting from when I was very little. Oftentimes, I was too young to understand. I don't know what my parents were thinking - 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' when I was eight years old, that kind of thing. So lots of times, I didn't understand what was going on, but I just loved the sound of dialogue.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
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I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons.
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The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself.
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Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.
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I want to have a long career.
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I was inspired to spend an entire year - my 65th year - reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-tzu's messages, practicing them and ultimately writing down these insights as I felt Lao-tzu wanted us to know them.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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I've never been on a date.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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I was very quiet at college and had a certain group of friends.
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I just want people to know they are the masters of their own fortune and misfortune. A lot of us think that doctors and drugs are going to control and help us, but the reality is we're our own best doctor.
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking.
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Let's have some new cliches.
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I love my son more than anything. I will do whatever it takes to make sure he is raised the right way.
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Wenn es einen Glauben gibt, der Berge versetzen kann, so ist es der Glaube an die eigene Kraft.
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In desperate hope I go and search for her in all the corners of my house. I find her not. My house is small and what once has gone from it can never be regained. But infinite is thy mansion, my lord, and seeking her I have come to thy door.
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If I had been born with an aggressive character, then maybe my palmares would have been longer.
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Portland hardly got to have an identity before that identity became a joke - I live in a joke. Seattle at least got to wear out its identity before it became a joke.
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Once we begin to make our churches safety zones in a military-style approach, we're going to lose something of the character of our places of worship.
