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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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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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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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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I finally learned from Fred Durst, who is of my generation, that 'selling out' means every ticket at The Forum got sold. I don't think Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera sit there agonizing over their record sales. The term 'sell out' needs to be eradicated from the language, because if you don't 'sell out,' guess what? An asshole will.
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No matter what, I'm in a very small club. There are very few women who have directed studio-level commercial films - very few.
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Some of the aspects of my speaking style are inherited and come naturally to me. I didn't take classes, and I didn't do anything to hone my skills.
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I was raised not to be afraid to show emotion or imagination.
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I hear all the time from our audience about how it's nice to see a positive African-American role model for the younger kids out there that are watching.
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We could give 'Take That' a run for their money.
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Australia has suffered a decade of drought, epic floods, a Category 5 cyclone, and a plague of locusts. But just because Aussies have the biggest carbon footprint in the world, it doesn't mean they're stupid.
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You must base the Wisdom on Love.
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There are no halfway measures against bigotry, hatred and anti-Semitism. It's got to be rejected totally.
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Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
