Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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You must remind yourself at all times that the golf ball is nothing. It's an object. It's something to be swatted and sometimes lost and not even looked for.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic.
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A weightlifter should be able to do everything and borrow things from other sports to beat competitors.
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Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
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I love bass, I really do. Bass is ace!
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The list of my favorite experiences would almost equal the list of plays I've been in. There are a few exceptions, but out of politeness I'm not going to mention them. If you don't have a few stinkers, you can't appreciate the good ones.
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The truth is that technology is only valuable if it helps you run your organization better.
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Yoga may look peaceful and calming, but even Arnold Schwarzenegger would have trouble breathing after twenty 'surya namaskars' in a row.
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It's funny: when I set out to create the world of 'California,' I didn't give the type of apocalypse much thought... I simply set my two characters, Cal and Frida, in a depleted world and moved through it intuitively.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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Everyone comes with dreams and illusions and promises. Everyone wants quick deals. They don't want to invest.
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Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of the world into a corner of the globe on which all - of which all of humanity can be proud.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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I know of some guitar-based rock bands that refuse to record anything that they can't play live. But some of the best stuff I come up with are studio-based performances - bringing out whatever accident I had in the studio and building a song around that.
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There is probably a perverse pride in my administration... that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who's occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can't be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.
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I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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I would say that in some ways George Mitchell is kind of an old fashioned guy, in terms of these basic values, but he was a very modern person, encouraging, he was not only accepting but he was actually encouraging.
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You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.
