Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Most people are basically a victim of the circumstances of their life. They have things like 9/11, they have terrorism threats, they have new war threats, they have economy problems, and they think, 'What can I do? I'm basically a victim.'
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If a company knows it may have to pay a large amount of money if it poses an unreasonable threat to others, it will have a strong incentive to act better.
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Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.
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Teams that play together beat those teams with superior players who play more as individuals.
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It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm not even really aware of writing for myself.
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I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
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I used to go in for Disney auditions, and they'd tell me, 'You're cute and nice but just not funny.'
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When I started to record, I could sing in pitch, but that was maybe about it.
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The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game.
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To build a digital media company, you have to focus equally on content and technology. In content, you have to focus equally on the written word and video.
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In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
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Parents do bear some of the responsibility if they don't talk to their kids, are never around, even deny their kids the love that young girls often crave when they decide to have a baby.
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I thought they know that I was the Commander in Chief, not that I know that I am the Commander in Chief, and they should behave; know how to behave to the Commander in Chief.
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To the small group of editors and designers who would launch Wired in January 1993, technology represented the future's best hope; but to the media, the tech boom was yesterday's story.
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I was a bed wetter till very late. My mom used to hang my sheets out the window to dry, and I'd have to run home from school in order to beat the other kids to my house so they wouldn't see them.
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I acquiesced in this on the grounds that the most anyone can expect from a holiday is a change of agony.
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God doesn't make mistakes. So if I'm supposed to die, there's a very good reason for it. I'm not going to question him. I'm just going to enjoy all these beautiful things that God created.
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Writings of the Young Marx on Philosophy and Society, L. Easton, trans. (1967), p. 36
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Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible.
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Lies run sprints but the truth runs marathons.
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Competition for power is of two sorts: between organizations, and between individuals for leadership within an organization.
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No matter how bad any situation, cynicism has no positive impact. Watching the news, you might notice that cynicism and victimhood often seem to go hand-in-hand, but not for veterans.
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Most people are basically a victim of the circumstances of their life. They have things like 9/11, they have terrorism threats, they have new war threats, they have economy problems, and they think, 'What can I do? I'm basically a victim.'
