Blase J. Cupich Quotes
In the 40 years that I've been a priest and the 17 as a bishop, I have experienced people coming at things in a different way. That's the way adults are, that's the way the world is, and that's OK.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.
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In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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As long as my family's OK, I'll be fine.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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I would abolish the federal Department of Education and very quickly. People don't realize that the federal Department of Education gives each state 11 cents out of every school dollar that every state spends. But it comes with 15 cents worth of strings attached.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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We were pressured to accept kids we were not qualified to handle. And we do that to people all the time, which is why we don't have enough foster parents.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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The play is one of the very few pieces of great dramatic and comic writing that I have read in a long, long time. I was drawn to it because of the power of the writing, which gives me the actor a chance to explore many facets of myself.
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All the things that are in the past are in the past.
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I like to take writing retreats within a day's drive of home. Less travel time means more time for writing, which is the name of the game here.
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Apart from my heart, I feel everything grows old in me. Even my heart has something artificial. It has been sewn by the dancers in a soft, pink satin purse like their shoes.
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In the 40 years that I've been a priest and the 17 as a bishop, I have experienced people coming at things in a different way. That's the way adults are, that's the way the world is, and that's OK.
