Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
If the only vision we have of ourselves comes from the social mirror - from the current social paradigm and from the opinions, perceptions, and paradigms of the people around us - our view of ourselves is like the reflection in a crazy mirror room at the carnival.
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Man is a physical and spiritual epitome of the Universe.
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Johnny Carson was a mean-spirited human being. And there are people that he has hurt that people will never know about. And for some reason, at some point, he decided to turn that kind of negative attention toward me. And I refused to have it.
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We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.
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My style's not for everyone - I'm an extremist.
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I once rode a motorcycle across Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco!
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Though I'm not religious in the classical sense I did partake in Passover.
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I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.
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In a way, publishing in 2005 was similar to publishing in 1950. Nobody kept blogs; that was still optional. I didn't even have a website then.
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It used to be that we disagreed over the basic facts we were fighting over, and we had different opinions about them. Now I think we accept different sources of authority. ... And people can establish credibility on their own say-so as long as nobody follows the trail and calls them out on it.
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The habit of collecting, of attachment to things, is an essential human trait. But Western civilization put collecting on a pedestal by inventing museums. Museums are about representing power. It could be the king's power or, later, people's power.
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I want to explore the world properly, to be able to write about and take pictures of all kinds of different cultures. Just be an explorer or adventurer. I also love extreme sports.
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I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.
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I am always urging my students to honor their writing practice, to set up a schedule.
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The fact that the general incidence of leukemia has doubled in the last two decades may be due, partly, to the increasing use of x-rays for numerous purposes. The incidence of leukemia in doctors, who are likely to be so exposed, is twice that of the general public. In radiologists … the incidence is ten times greater.
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You don't have to wait-you can have it in 5.004_54 or so.
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U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected.
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If you improve or tinker with something long enough, eventually it will break or malfunction.
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With the advent of computing, human invention crossed a threshold into a world different from everything that came before. The computer is the universal machine almost by definition, machine-of-all-trades, capable of accomplishing or simulating just about any task that can be logically defined.
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There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.
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I talk about life, and I make universal music with an American style - and that's what I do.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
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Regrets are ridiculous, so I don’t regret, no.
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If the only vision we have of ourselves comes from the social mirror - from the current social paradigm and from the opinions, perceptions, and paradigms of the people around us - our view of ourselves is like the reflection in a crazy mirror room at the carnival.
