Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
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Spending money is much more difficult than making money.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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Cinematic icons of the police detective are more male role models than female.
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There is always a multitude of reasons both in favor of doing a thing and against doing it. The art of debate lies in presenting them; the art of life lies in neglecting ninety-nine hundredths of them.
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What led me to be an actor is that I have a strange something in me that can drastically change the way I appear to the world. Growing up, I couldn't understand why people would always have different ideas of me - but because of that I became aware of how you can manipulate your own ability to change. And then I learned to make a career of it.
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When I got the role in 'Homeland,' it really opened something up. Other people respected me more as an actor, doors were opened, and I understood for the first time that it wasn't personal. All that rejection wasn't personal.
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I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be anywhere. I'm not kidding.
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When writing screenplays, it's a matter of remembering to leave off the page anything and everything that doesn't appear on the screen.
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The gimmicky thing I'm not very keen on.
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My ignorance is widespread.
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Once the war of words begins, truth is the casualty.
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I just love expanding my horizons and growing as an artist. The only way you get to do that is by doing something that scares you or takes you out of your comfort zone.
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I think there is a good deal of promise in those discussions as well. I think there is a range of matters that might be discussed between NATO and Russia that can provide a mechanism for talking through these issues, a way to give reassurance on these issues.
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I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. That opposition hasn't changed.
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I want to grow as an artist and I'm taking a step out, I want my music to mature.
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I do think that exercise is important, not only to keep you in shape but also for your state of mind. However, I am not fanatical about it.
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Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy.
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I'm such a horror geek, comic geek and action figure geek. I'm inspired by so much - from Hunter S. Thompson and Quentin Tarantino to 'The Dark Knight' and 'Halloween'. Just show me something that doesn't suck, and I'm happy.
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One can be in love with several people at the same time, feel the sorrow with each, and not betray any of them.
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If the day comes when I'm no longer playing Phil Coulson, I'll very gratefully bid him farewell, because it's been an incredible journey, but I've learned that it's best to just be grateful for where I am and make the most out of that opportunity that day.
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One of the most significant factors contributing to the chasm of educational opportunity is the way that schools are funded.
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Israel is the canary in the mine. What happens to Israel will eventually happen to America itself.
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The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible.
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See every problem as an opportunity to exercise creative energy.
