Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
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I don't have any message in the music. Music will be fine as long as you take care of yourself.
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As patients and consumers, we are better informed today about our health care than any previous generation.
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I normally don't endorse in Democratic primaries.
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On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
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I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
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I understood early on that the freedom of America is what made our way of life possible and that we should help other people live in freedom, too.
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I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It's by far my biggest capital expense.
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When I was a kid, I never thought about anything. Never had to think about where I was going to school or what I was going to do. I just lived minute to minute.
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It frequently happens that two persons, reasoning right on a mechanical subject, think alike and invent the same thing without any communication with each other.
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Women seem not to understand, or underestimate, the profound power they have over their husbands.
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You don't appreciate life until you get to the other side. Like lying in a hospital bed.
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Standing up to Ahmadinejad is not a partisan issue and should never be one.
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I'm the one who will take chances, not worry about the backlash.
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After Land I wanted to continue exploring the theme but I needed a new challenge so turned to colour. I explored Bradford and produced a series of urban landscapes that I liked, but because Land had made such an impact on the general public my colour work wasn't reviewed.
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I started composing when I was around 13, and back then, people used to say that I needed to be a composer or a performer, but I can't be good at both of them. I could never understand why anyone would say that. Jellyroll did both, Bessie Smith did both, and so did I.
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The world turns and the world changes, But one thing does not change. In all of my years, one thing does not change, However you disguise it, this thing does not change: The perpetual struggle of Good and Evil.
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Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.
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The world is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility.
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There were, and still are, a lot of different points of view in the gay community. It's not everybody holding hands and singing 'Kumbaya.' People have very different perspectives.
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A woman who deliberately destroys a fetus is answerable for murder. And any fine distinction as to its being completely formed or unformed is not admissible amongst us.
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The art of leadership is not to spend your time measuring, evaluating. It's all about selecting the person. And if you believe you selected the right person, then you give that person the freedom, the authority, the delegation to innovate and to lead with some very simple measure.
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There were no jewelry hidden. Walt wanted this atmosphere: They were supposed to live here, they've been outside somewhere, but they could come back at any minute and catch us.
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Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
