Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us as human beings. We may have limited choices but we can always choose. We can choose our thoughts, emotions, moods, our words, our actions; we can choose our values and live by principles. It is the choice of acting or being acted upon.
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I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.
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It was in 1969, and I thought, wow, you know, I really didn't want to do a TV series. You know, I had my own act, and I was performing in Vegas and doing all of these exciting things.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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Opinions are like snowflakes, you know what I'm saying?
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Know what suits you. Now I understand proportion and recognise the shapes that look good on my figure.
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We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.
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I love cars, but I love bikes more.
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During the holiday season, it's easy to forget that sometimes the best gift of all is simply the gift of time. I can't think of anything a writer would appreciate more than being given time and space to work.
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Fast bowling is an art, like spin bowling.
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I left home at 15 because Hollywood isn't the best place to grow up.
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We will have to be very vigilant that young female scientists have the same opportunities as their male colleagues.
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The day I'm not improving will be the day I hang up the racket.
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If I didn't write, I'd be like a duvet cover; I have no other marketable skills.
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The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.
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I've pitched many things that have not gone, but every year, I'm in that pilot game like a lot of other writers in Hollywood.
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You know sometimes I sit and wonderJust how this world would beIf we had all the people laughingAnd everybody living in harmony.We'd have to say se la se la.Talking to the people se la, se la.
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I especially like girls who know how to share the conversation, and not just talk about themselves. I think a movie, followed by dinner is a perfect first date. For a romantic date - ice skating.
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An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as peas in the same pod.
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Secularization theory is a term that was used in the fifties and sixties by a number of social scientists and historians. Basically, it had a very simple proposition. It could be stated in one sentence. Modernity inevitably produces a decline of religion.
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Everything that depends on the action of nature is by nature as good as it can be, and similarly everything that depends on art or any rational cause, and especially if it depends on the best of all causes. To entrust to chance what is greatest and most noble would be a very defective arrangement.
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No one has schizophrenia, like having a cold. The patient has not "got" schizophrenia. He is schizophrenic.
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When you're talking about Tim Burton, you're talking about a guy that has such a visual sense, an aesthetic, a storytelling style. It's like he's got his own genre.
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In the space between stimulus (what happens) and how we respond, lies our freedom to choose. Ultimately, this power to choose is what defines us as human beings. We may have limited choices but we can always choose. We can choose our thoughts, emotions, moods, our words, our actions; we can choose our values and live by principles. It is the choice of acting or being acted upon.
