Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Through imagination, we can visualize the uncredited worlds of potential that lie within us.
Quotes to Explore
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In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
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I love this planet... I want to see the environment preserved and I want to see the human race preserved. And I'd like to see everybody living decently in a more equitable, kind-hearted, thoughtful, generous world.
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My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
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For me, I thought I had the best job in the world.
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Rice cakes and peanut butter is my favorite snack in the whole wide world.
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Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.
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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.
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Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.
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In 'Roma,' I wanted to get across the idea that underneath Rome today is ancient Rome. So close. I am always conscious of that, and it thrills me. Imagine being in a traffic jam at the Coliseum! Rome is the most wonderful movie set in the world... As was the case with many of my film ideas, it was inspired by a dream.
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Of course, I should have done what doctors said and walked for miles every day and not eaten great amounts of butter. But then, life is life, and if we all did what they said we should do, it would be a different world.
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Winning is obviously the biggest thing. Because if you don't win, nothing really matters. You can have all the money in the world, and they can still call you a loser.
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'Reinventing the Bazaar,' by John McMillan, is a great and fun introduction to the wild variety and importance of markets throughout history and around the world. I finally understood how a Middle Eastern souk actually works economically and how to compare that to modern-day telecom-spectrum auctions. I love that book.
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It's different cultures that make the world go 'round at the end of the day.
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Since Queens is the most ethnically diverse plot of land on Earth, we had tenants from all over the globe. The whole world in one building.
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I enjoy writing. Publishing... not so much. I've been lucky to work with some very talented people in the publishing world, and the print industry has allowed me to write full time.
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You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.
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Producers on Broadway approached us with an original script after relaunching ourselves as 'A Great Big World,' and wanted us to write the music. They asked us to make the music we would sing if we could, and so we can go a little crazier. We refer to it as 'our music on steroids.'
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I'll match wits with anybody. I don't care if they have the top degree in the world.
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Celebrate the things that make you individual and unique, and realize that there's no one in this world that looks like you.
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Expand within your church. Expand within the people you have contact. Bring them up to speed in knowledge on what’s going on.
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I'm just delighted that this woman I love can be a mum again.
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It was enough for her that she remembered.
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Through imagination, we can visualize the uncredited worlds of potential that lie within us.
