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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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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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 Neither of which is obsolete.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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Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
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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 amazing, from the inside out. I feel so alive and have more energy.
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I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny.
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With acting, you can find a way to make it interesting for yourself, if nobody else - even on big-budget films. But you're very much on your own.
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When I was a child it was very clear what I was allowed to see and what I was not allowed to see and there was no discussion or option or negotiation. Whatever my mom said, that's what went down.
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I've been acting my whole life. I have this huge imagination! I'm a dancer and my mom's a dance teacher, and I was always performing and entertaining people. I'd go to see live theatre or a movie, and I'd become the main character for a few days afterwards. I loved being somebody new for a temporary amount of time.
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I'm a mom - I'm lucky if I get to shower in the morning. Luckily, nail polish stays on my toes. I've been so bad on the upkeep, though.
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Few understand that procrastination is our natural defense, letting things take care of themselves and exercise their antifragility.
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My mom had to beg the guys to let me play. I couldn't even play the drums right - Brian had to show me.
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The people who are competing business-wise out there want what other successful labels and artists have. I don't want what they have; I want my own path, my own sound, my own identity. Record labels care nothing about identity or artistic freedom, they want good business.
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I understand by 'freedom of spirit' something quite definite - the unconditional will to say No, where it is dangerous to say No.
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Where more is meant than meets the ear.
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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.
