Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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Hope is the most important four-letter word in the language.
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Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that I don't really understand what 'perfect' is.
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I'm one of those pesky Brits.
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Our publicist at Warner Brothers is a young guy who has worked so hard for seven years with us and when we saw him backstage he broke down and cried. He couldn't believe it happened. It was seeing him so overcome when we realised how much it really meant.
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Democrats hate America being a world power because world power gives power to the nation instead of to Democrats.
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to make sure that every single little noise that's in my song is there because it's supposed to be there.
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The focus of Congress is on keeping the nation secure - and it doesn't see that food security is an essential part of that responsibility. Instead of putting more food on the tables of America, they are busy finding ways to take it away.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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It's not all silliness, as interactive SXSW is filled with aggressive learning, discussing, and a whole lot of futurizing.
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Acting is a form of confession.
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I prefer to find craftspeople I can be colleagues with and who take an area of responsibility and run with it.
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Nearly all the great improvements, discoveries, inventions, and achievements which have elevated and blessed humanity have been the triumphs of enthusiasm.
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I enjoy 'Supermarket Sweep' because of its adlib demands in following the fast action.
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I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don't know how to interpret them, since I'm new to TV, so I'm just going to wait for somebody to tell me.
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I'd like to work for as long as possible and form connections with the labels I work for.
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I think that the press has a duty and an obligation to report on local government, state government, federal government - to be aggressive, to do its job. And its job is to report on whatever it's covering.
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The Italian economy has been held back for decades.
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Of course I want the things I write to reflect well on me or anyone who might feel represented by me, but also, I'm not writing a guidebook on how to be or how my people should be seen. I'm telling very specific stories.
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The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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I've been a leader practically my whole life. I don't know what it is to follow.
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You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know that it's there. Women's achievements still aren't recognised enough in many areas.
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I like his strength, I like his gamesmanship. He sees an edge, he'll take it in a short fashion. He's got great power.
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Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don't see themselves as leaders.
