Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.
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Through every victory and every setback, I've insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn't meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime.
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Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal.
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The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.
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Lenin, the greatest theorist of them all, did not know what he was going to do after he had got the power.
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I consider 'Dr. Horrible' a tremendous success. The fact that it won an Emmy I just think lends validity to what we were doing and the point we were trying to make: taking the power into someone else's hands and changing the world.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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You can think what you like of Madonna - about her political choices and her PR - but you have to respect her courage not to let the critics stop her exploring her potential.
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I'm at this point in my career where I'm trying to step away from the realm of fine arts, because I think it's a very exclusive, very restrictive place to be. What I want to be able to do is to change the lives of people with the same materials they deal with every day.
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That's the kind of consumer society we live in. We're always looking for the next product that's going to change your life instead of just going out and changing your life.
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At least international media can see how I am trying to change the typical orthodox mindset of people who don't want to come out of their shells of false beliefs and old practices.
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I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.
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The rise of the Internet and the camera phone have started to change what stories are accessible.
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The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard.
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Something even minor I do is going to be reported because of things that have happened in the past. You have to be aware of that.
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He who stands with his face to the East in the morning will have the sun before him. If he does not change his posture, the Earth in the meantime having changed its, he will have the sun no longer before him, but behind.
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The modern woman has a modern life, and most of us work. There's no time to change before we go out in the evening, so a dress should always look appropriate for day and night.
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As our values are the core to who we are as human beings, they are also the easiest way to identify and connect with others in meaningful ways. Think about it - most political campaigns are based around values. Barack Obama's 2008 election campaign galvanized millions of youth behind two very clear values - hope and change.
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Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.
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God values you simply because He created you. You are precious to Him, and your value will never change.
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People want what they want, for as long as they want it, then tastes change and something else works.
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Consider this: all the ants on the planet, taken together, have a biomass greater than that of humans. Ants have been incredibly industrious for millions of years. Yet their productiveness nourishes plants, animals, and soil. Human industry has been in full swing for little over a century, yet it has brought about a decline in almost every ecosystem on the planet. Nature doesn't have a design problem. People do.
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If a remake is not good, no one wants to see it and, again, it doesn't hurt the original.
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Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such.
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We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.
