Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.
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As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
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I'm well aware that the Internet is global and can't be wholly affected by any one country. But the United States has outsized influence.
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I'd much rather be liked because people realize that I'm standing up for myself.
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How many women in this world are served breakfast in bed every morning by a gorgeous young man? I am. So how do I feel about older age? Crazy about it! Wouldn't trade it for anything!
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The world is all about mind and matter; I don't mind and you don't matter.
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As feminism made this transition from equal opportunity to unequal opportunism, I made my transition from supporter to critic. But in my inner psyche, there was no transition: I went from supporter of equality to supporter of equality.
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Mac continued to write scathing commentary on assorted hypocrisies in high places and low, without which hypocrisies, he cheerfully conceded, civilized life would be impossible.
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I am very far away from being angry. I really don't get angry most of the time. I am a patient person.
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So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.
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Walks work for me. I enter some arena that is neither conscious or unconscious.
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I always felt if something bad happens, it can be your best opportunity. The times I was most depressed turned out to be the best things.
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If I could do theater during the hiatus and then do '30 Rock' in the winter, that would be my ideal job.
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I do write by hand. I just think - I don't know, it's a physical thing for me. It's a bodily thing. It literally has to earn its way through my hand.
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People are always wanting to pull me up on my shortfalls. I try to battle against those and concentrate on how good things are.
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It is particularly pleasing to see how purely basic research, originally aimed at testing the genetic identity of different cell types in the body, has turned out to have clear human health prospects.
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TV and film has defined my entire life.
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Especially as a director on 'West Wing,' I directed a lot of different things in a lot of different ways and really stretched my wings.
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Oh, I don't have any fans. Personally? I don't have any.
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I can't wait. People have been asking me in class, and teachers have been talking to me: 'Are you nervous?' I'm excited. I can't wait. I think Saturday is going to be the longest day of my life.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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I think what's fun about the Western genre is the character arcs are very strong and, arguably, more interesting and exciting than the action that is metaphorically representational of those arcs.
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I'm a horrible perfectionist and very highly strung. That's why I do yoga: to unwind.
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We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.
