Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
The best way to develop courage is to set a goal and achieve it, make a promise and keep it.
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I'm the blackest villain of all time.
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'Press Your Luck' was probably the most exciting because of the unpredictability of the game and how I won on one of the three days on the very last spin against all odds. It was one of those great unpredictable game show moments.
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Forget mung beans' reputation as healthy yet bland - used right, they soak up loads of flavour.
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I laugh at what I used to think was cool when I was growing up. In all seriousness, I thought having braces was cool.
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Every single figure on Mount Rushmore was a third party at one time or another, so third parties become major parties, and I think that the Libertarian Party may become my major party.
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It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.
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The White House is the people's house. When you do historical restoration, that must be what it is.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was a big cultural shock.
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Here's how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it's health or family crises. I had a financial challenge.
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You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.
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I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do.
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The recession's high unemployment rates may have encouraged people to start sole proprietorships, but there are many obstacles in the way of growing a company to create jobs.
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I mean, I would say I get five or six e-mails every day from people asking, "Is there going to be a Leprechaun 6?' It's probably the most asked question besides, 'Is there going to be a Willow II?'
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For 'Iron Man' I had to improv with Robert Downey Jr., which is like going up against LeBron in basketball. At one point he stopped and said, 'Can we give a round of applause to Olivia, because she's rocking it right now.'
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It's really exciting to see all those people that exist in numbers online translate into tickets and then into faces, handshakes, pictures, stories.
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Silence, you know, is the best place to get close to spirit for me.
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I was fooling everyone by surrounding myself with funny people. But then I put myself out there - writing my own sketches, going on stage with nobody surrounding me - and for some reason people were still laughing.
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The development of general ability for independent thinking and judgment should always be placed foremost, not the acquisition of special knowledge.
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The western will always be here. And it just depends on how good you make one. And one movie doesn't kill it. And one movie doesn't preserve it. It's storytelling. It's a very American thing. I'll continue to do it.
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I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.
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When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.
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Tobacco control is clearly a number one priority in Europe, not only aimed at men, particularly the male populations of Central and Eastern Europe, but increasingly targeted towards women, especially in Northern Europe.
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The best way to develop courage is to set a goal and achieve it, make a promise and keep it.
