Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings.
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By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in the Al Qaeda's mind, they were defeated.
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Mostly people are ignorant, what is the language of painting. You know, they're ignorant. It is so difficult to make them aware, but time will teach them.
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The intellectual, the man of thought, doubt and analysis, should give the best of himself.
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Marxism is an interpretation of history which explains the progress of society as a product of the expansion of the forces of production of the material means of life, that is, the development of economy.
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don't believe in patronizing either sex.
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I was about 10 when I got into nuclear science. That was when that spark hit me. It took a few years of research, but when I was 14, I produced my first nuclear-fusion reaction.
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I cry at random things, like a flower, or someone giving me a present, or my sister giving me a nice hug.
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To be able to take my pictures, I have to look, all the time, at the people and places I care about.
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Of course what is talked about in the U.N. General Assembly is very important. Officials, the leaders of nations, appear there to speak of the most important topics - what they perceive to be the most important topics.
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Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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Being on 'The Following' is constantly flying by the seat of my pants. The story can change and the character can change at a moment's notice.
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You realize mortality is everywhere.
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There is a school in Israel called Hand in Hand which I support. There Arab and Jewish students study together on a daily basis.
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I've always felt that having a garden is like having a good and loyal friend.
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Why should we use the Dollar even when we trade among ourselves?
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I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York.
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My appearance gave me access to a particular kind of world and I'm really grateful for it.
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A single kind of red cell is supposed to have an enormous number of different substances on it, and in the same way there are substances in the serum to react with many different animal cells. In addition, the substances which match each kind of cell are different in each kind of serum. The number of hypothetical different substances postulated makes this conception so uneconomical that the question must be asked whether it is the only one possible. ... We ourselves hold that another, simpler, explanation is possible.
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Science herself consults her heart when she lays it down that the infinite ascertainment of fact and correction of false belief are the supreme goods for man.
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I have spent my life on the road waking in a pleasant, or not so pleasant hotel, and setting off every morning after breakfast hoping to discover something new and repeatable, something worth writing about.
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The Cross is the ultimate evidence that there is no length the love of God will refuse to go in effecting reconciliation.
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Perhaps the most prevailing expectation of men is our Superman expectation: the fear we are merely Clark Kents who won't be accepted unless we are a Superman.
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The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings.
