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We are born with two incurable diseases, life, from which we die, and hope, which says maybe death isn't the end.
Andrew Greeley
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Andrew Greeley
Age: 85 †
Born: 1928
Born: February 5
Died: 2013
Died: May 29
Catholic Priest
Journalist
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Priest
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University Teacher
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Oak Park
Illinois
Andrew M. Greeley
Andrew Moran Greeley
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I have to say that I have no regrets about my decision to become a priest or about the major directions my ministry has taken me... I have been and am happy as a priest, and I have never been lonely... I could have used a bit more solitude.
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Angels are wonderful and exciting, and they have the appeal of beings who will take care of us and manifest God's personal concern.
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My songs will pass and be forgotten. What counts, however, is that I sang them.
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It should be no surprise that when rich men take control of the government, they pass laws that are favorable to themselves. The surprise is that those who are not rich vote for such people, even though they should know from bitter experience that the rich will continue to rip off the rest of us.
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The highest love of all finds its fulfillment not in what it keeps, but in what it gives.
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