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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I'm a little angry in life.
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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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I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book would be to make money, and I don't want to do that. To write a book would be going against how I've lived.
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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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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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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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What interests me is what children go through while growing up.
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One of the things that all authors of fiction must learn to judge is whether - and in what detail - to describe the face of a character.
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I won't name names, but sometimes a TV set can be a shame-and-fear obstacle course for an actress.
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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.
