Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
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I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.
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People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.
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The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
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Santorum is the greatest person on the face of the planet as far as I'm concerned.
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I think there are plenty of Libertarians that are socially conservative.
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In the 60s, if you wanted to be an actor, you couldn't do just one thing.
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I was doing these music videos online for a couple years, and they'd be doing well to varying degrees. And I released an album, and with the album, I released three new music videos, and one of them was featured on Jezebel.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.
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I'm such a carnivorous researcher as an actor - I chew it up like it's meat, and I really don't know how to do that without the people that are producing or creating or writing that which they want me to chew up.
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A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
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It's easy to point out the evil in other people, but that can be found in all of us. That selfishness, that is something we all have in us. Sometimes you are successful at dealing with it, and sometimes you are not.
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I lived for 10 years in Los Angeles, and the one element that surpasses everything else - that you are very conscious of - is fear. You can smell it.
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'The X-Files' was a hard sell because people didn't know what it was. The network didn't understand what it was that they were buying, and at the beginning, they wanted us to have closure. They wanted us to put the cuffs on the bad guy at the end of each episode.
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My eyes are wide open... you serve in Iraq, your eyes are wide open.
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I was being honest - I have nothing to hide. All I do, all the time, with everybody, is tell them what I am thinking, what I am feeling.
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In Afghan culture, you don't date - you marry. Even talking to boys before marriage brings great shame to your family.
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It’s a troublesome world. All the people who're in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot, For the places and people you're lucky you're not!
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Shoulda sent a thank you note, you little hoe Now Imma wrap your coffin wit a bow
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God isn't really interested in our batting averages.
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You have a very poor neighborhood. You have students that are required to go to school. They have no money, no habit of work. What if you paid them in the afternoon to work in the clerical office or as the assistant librarian?
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Forgiveness - this needs to be our greatest skill. The way to get good at forgiveness is: to be thankful for all the little things you see in the other person.
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The energies of Lagos life- creative, malevolent, ambiguous- converge at the bus stops
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As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.
