Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
The essence of synergy is to value differences-to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses
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In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.
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To be among the world's greatest athletes and compete for Team U.S.A. while knowing that the entire world is watching is something that athletes dream about. To be able to experience that was truly special.
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It was Chicago with its World's Fair which vivified the national desire for civic beauty.
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Martin Scorsese, everything he does, I've got to see. And Jack Nicholson, I've got to see what he does.
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The key to America's economic future is educating kids as early in their lives as we can.
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Growing up in Europe, tight clothing is pretty standard. When I got to college, clothes were loose, so I was going toward more loose stuff. As soon as I got back to New York, I started wearing suits 25% of the year. Then, I realized how important it is for the suit to really fit you and be tight.
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Ghostery lets you spy on the spies in your computer. For each web page you visit, this extension uncloaks some - but not all - of the invisible tracking software that is working behind the scenes.
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The use of pirated software in China is really quite a sizeable loss to our software producers.
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Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart.
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When you're put in a position to really affect young people who are going to run the world one day, if you're able to be in their life at a young age and make a positive impact, I think that's a beautiful thing.
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I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
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I love sports - if I'm not acting, I'm probably doing sports.
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Our State Department is often wrong and timid.
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Only bad writers think they're good.
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Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.
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It's only the giving that makes you what you are.
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Music can tear me up inside.
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Part of what makes me most optimistic is if you look at the attitudes of young people. Across the board, young people are much more comfortable with respecting differences. They are much more comfortable with diversity.
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Basically, therefore, we should approach others openly, recognizing each person as another human being just like ourselves. There is not much difference between us all.
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I planned my whole future around Adam," she said now, quietly. "And now I have nothing." "No," I told her, "now you just don't have Adam. There's a big difference, Lissa. You just can't see it yet.
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Are you or aren't you convinced that weakness is a man's condition? How can you raise yourself if you haven't fallen first?
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I'd grown up doing children's theater there, and I always imagined myself being artistic director of a children's theater company.
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The essence of synergy is to value differences-to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses
