Blase J. Cupich Quotes
People should be called the way that they want to be called rather than us coming up with terms that maybe we're more comfortable with.
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece-meal activities. It's got to have a vision.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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Some films shouldn't be remade.
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
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I love bayou life.
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Leaving sex to the feminists is like letting your dog vacation at the taxidermist.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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When I say I'm an authentic conservative, it's because when you look at who I am and where I come from, it'd be a lot easier to have grown up a Democrat.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.
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Movie-making is an extreme sport on many levels. It requires stamina such as I had never imagined.
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The easier question might be, 'What isn't Alibaba?' The company is only 15 years old, but it has gotten so big over that timeframe that it basically touches every single part of the Chinese economy. I think the simplest comparison to draw is that it is like eBay and Amazon combined.
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I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.
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I have mood swings, but I'm sure people in England have that, too. Me and my friends, we're just a bunch of happy idiots.
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People should be called the way that they want to be called rather than us coming up with terms that maybe we're more comfortable with.
