Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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You have to recognize at some point that even though you have the passion and creative level to be able to do something, you might have to do a lot of prep. Sometimes you just can't do it as quickly as you want to do it.
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How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.
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My family weren't actors, and we didn't know any actors. It wasn't even something I was aware you could do as a job. I thought you had to be a Redgrave or a Barrymore before you were allowed to go to drama school.
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There are a few players who don't like to think about the game.
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I'm not gonna try to defend, or undo what's been done. All I could say about whatever's been done, it's been done, and it's water under the bridge. I have no regrets of my life.
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Instead of locking people up and throwing away the key, it's important to invest in them and show them another way - show them what they can do, instead of telling them what they can't do. Because by investing in youth, we're investing into the future of this great nation of the United States of America.
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There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud. You can apply that rule to left-wing social programs, but you can also apply that rule to credit derivatives, hedge funds, all the rest of it.
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I usually try to eat in my restaurants before I fly, as I'd rather sleep on the plane and just order a salad with cheese, maybe some ice cream.
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Evil is an attack against human spiritual development and enlightenment. All evil, badness, neurosis - it has one motive and one motive only, which is to destroy - to destroy your chance of arising above yourself.
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My song-writing has always been just about my life - usually my worst moments.
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Our priorities are out of whack. We spend too much to protect birds and fish at the expense of people.
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Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead.
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The thing that's going to make artificial intelligence so powerful is its ability to learn, and the way AI learns is to look at human culture.
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I am so lucky that throughout my career I've been able to play such different characters.
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War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.
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I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
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I think for anyone - male or female - in improv, the biggest thing to get over is the fear. I think every improviser has that.
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The rocks are where they are- and this is their will. The rivers flow- and this is their will. The birds fly- this is their will. Human beings talk- this is their will. The seasons change, heaven sends down rain or snow, the earth occasionally shakes, the waves roll, the stars shine- each of them follows its own will. To be is to will and so is to become.
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You don't let it be a distraction. That is not what you do. There are going to be things that happen and you don't focus on those things. You focus on getting the football team ready to play and you handle the other things up front the way we do it.
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Don't think. The worst songs I've ever written happen when I think.
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A well begun is half ended.
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The patience and ability to work through a long series of steps - to figure things out - is a foundation for the child's creative life later on.
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Happen to things, don't let things happen to you
