Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. ... Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence.
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Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.
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It's amazing, it doesn't feel like it has been 10 years since retirement.
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There is no age limit on the enjoyment of sex. It keeps getting better.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
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I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascinating than any fashion salon.
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The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible.
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It's hard to be serious in life.
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Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.
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I pride myself on being tragically uncool.
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When I grew up, my family, we sat down, all of us to watch 'Good Times,' 'Sanford and Son,' all those shows that were out at that time.
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Once you start playing a piece, there is a connection between every note. You cannot say, 'I will not concentrate on this note.' You cannot ignore things the way you do in the rest of your life.
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It was just a moment, and I saw myself. Then I no longer could say what I was.
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When the mind maintains awareness, yet does not mingle with the senses, nor the senses with sense impressions, then self-awareness blossoms.
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The bottom line is the best way to lead is to play well.
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I thought I wanted to be a clown, because what would be better than making people laugh?
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The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - or stimulus bill, as it is often called - is a perfect example in which dire circumstances necessitate immediate action. But with such large amounts of taxpayer money at stake, a hastily developed, under-thought-out plan could have been disastrous.
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These white people think this country belongs to them - they don't realize that they are only in charge right now because there's more of them than there are of us. The whole country changed with only a handful of raggedly-ass pilgrims that came over here in the 1500s. And it can take a handful of raggedy-ass Indians to do the same, and I intend to be one of those raggedy-ass Indians.
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If I respect myself and believe in what I'm doing, no one can touch me.
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I respect the ones who make it and leave their home base, but I'm good in Colombia.
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If you're going to call a book 'The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History,' readers will expect some serious carrying on about race, and Thomas Woods Jr. does not disappoint.
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The love of a parent, that connection, it's eternal.
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Perform anonymous service. Whenever we do good for others anonymously, our sense of intrinsic worth and self-respect increases. ... Selfless service has always been one of the most powerful methods of influence.
