Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived.' They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates, and society.
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My mom teaches sixth grade and also taught first grade at one point. She's into dressing up and costumes and designing her own curriculum that way. She stayed home for about eight years with me and my sister when we were young before going back to teaching, so we had a lot of time with her. She taught us to read really early.
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I just see religious freedom, as a category, as just being a black hole.
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We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.
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Since I started acting, I've always been aware of the sort of 'beastly entity' that is America and Hollywood, and semi-consciously, I devised a kind of route in - I'd seen a lot of people try and fail.
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My dad named me Dakota and my mom came up with my first name Hannah. So it's Hannah Dakota Fanning.
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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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I will exercise patience and will provide all facts to the general public.
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I think I have a right to live my life the way I like.
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The defense of marriage is the defense of freedom. Neither of which is obsolete.
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I've run my whole life - for more than exercise, for mental health.
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Men are what their mothers made them.
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My father came from nothing, so he believed that people could do anything if they worked hard enough. I think he liked that I chose to be an actor. Both he and my mom were totally supportive.
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The spirit, like the body, can be strengthened and developed by frequent exercise. Just as the body, if neglected, grows weaker and finally impotent, so the spirit perishes if untended.
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My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears.
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Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
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I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do.
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I think it was my mom's attitude about art and being part of the narcissistic digital generation or whatever that made me think anyone would care what I had to say about anything!
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Exercise is more important than diet for me because it's a twofer. It keeps me in good physical shape, and it relieves stress. And when you're a representative of the public, there's never a shortage of things to do.
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None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.
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A coward may die many times, but a brave man dies only once. If I die for you, I won't consider it death but love.
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I love Rihanna. I think her style just pushes a lot of boundaries. My tomboy side takes inspiration from her.
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My friends and I are crazy. That's the only thing that keeps us sane!
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I listen to old songs and remember exactly where I was living and where I recorded it and how I wrote it, the girl I was dating at the time or whatever.
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People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally 'being lived.' They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates, and society.
