Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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The only difference between a good writer who publishes a book and a good writer who doesn't is that the writer who publishes actually finished her book.
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My uncles and other relatives are against encouraging girls in every aspect, and that includes sports. I hardly interact with them. My parents are more open. They back me all the way.
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I was joking with someone about this the other day. They were like, 'You talk about Applebee's as if it was your ex.' I miss it; I miss setting up tables at 6 A.M.
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I think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to become cold and detached and hardened.
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We are all the same person trying to shake hands with our self.
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To be employed in the entertainment industry is a miracle.
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The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink.
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His conduct still right, with his argument wrong.
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Canada has for many years been a beacon to the rest of the world for its commitment to pluralism and for its support for the multicultural richness and diversity of its peoples
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In this country, don’t forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There’s no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it’s the worst kind of hell for those who love you.
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Any organism must be treated as-a-whole; in other words, that an organism is not an algebraic sum, a linear function of its elements, but always more than that. It is seemingly little realized, at present, that this simple and innocent-looking statement involves a full structural revision of our language...
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It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it.
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As long as I can play at a certain level, that's what I'll do.
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I had forgotten until I looked up old notes that I sold the film rights of my first book, a life of Mary Wollstonecraft: there was a lunch, a contract, a small sum of money, then nothing.
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I'm gonna go hard no matter what because I gotta feed my family, and I gotta feed myself.
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My dad has been in the fight against monopoly since it wasn't so cool. I'm sure I've turned to the subject to please him, though I think he might consider some of my arguments a little flamethrowing for his tastes.
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When I'm down or maybe when it's close in the match, I feel like I'm still in it. I don't feel like I'm letting down. Mentally, I'm still really, really tough.
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I just have to remember that everybody has their time.
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When I began my work on how morality varies across the political spectrum, there was a partisan, manipulative element to it. I wanted to help the Democrats win.
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How does a guy look at another guy's hairy ass, and find love?
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You'll understand when you've forgotten what you understood before.
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How many on their deathbeds wished they'd spent more time at the office - or watching TV? The answer is, No one.
