Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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I wanted very much to be Miles Davis when I was a boy, but without the practice. It just looked like an endless road.
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There was a time when I was practicing law in New York and I wanted to find something else to do. So I ended up leaving the practice of law to pursue my art and it just happened to be out of Lego bricks.
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I have been in private law practice in New York City, where my husband and I are raising our children.
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When I'm home on a break, I lock myself in my room and play guitar. After two or three hours, I start getting into this total meditation. It's a feeling few people experience, and that's usually when I come up with weird stuff. It just flows. I can't force myself. I don't sit down and say I've got to practice.
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Though the demonetisation move should be welcomed, govt should have planned well in advance to ensure that no common man suffer.
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One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers.
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I practice yoga at home to a TV show called 'Inhale,' taught by Steve Ross. I figured that if the people on the show could stretch that deep then I could too. I ended up pulling my hip flexor. But that's how I met my husband. Paul was the physical therapist my coach called to meet with me after hours.
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Mastering music is more than learning technical skills. Practicing is about quality, not quantity. Some days I practice for hours; other days it will be just a few minutes.
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In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
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My family was Jehovah's Witnesses, which is a really tough religion. It kind of deterred me from religion for a long time. They still practice, but I don't. But I always remained spiritual, and had a belief that there is a God. I'm trying to find my way, you know?
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There's something very particular about the kind of rage you feel when you're alone in a practice room by yourself, unable to master a simple thing like a rudiment. You keep trying to master this very basic thing, and when you don't get it, you just scream. I broke a lot of drum heads, and I broke a lot of sticks.
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I think U.S. and Chinese businesses need a common language and dialogue.
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Knowledge of birth control is essentially moral. Its general, though prudent, practice must lead to a higher individuality and ultimately to a cleaner race.
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I really enjoy what little time I have at home. The golf course and practice facilities are perfect and so close to home!
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I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.
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I used to practice Wicca.
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I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.
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School didn't work for me. I hated it.
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I was scared. I thought we had no engine.
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Business is business. It’s never personal. It can be cruel, it can be ruthless, but it is never personal.
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The older I grow the more I see the influence of my family on my life. I didn't always see it. It was up to our parents to see that we had our education in a town that hadn't yet realized what racial prejudice was but actually knew and practiced it on occasion.
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What is common sense isn't common practice.
