Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities, your skills, and your track record. Both are vital.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons.
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Pfft, I hate Christmas Day. It's for children and families. Not for people like me.
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The more hardcore conservative you are, the more tightly identified you are with defending the interest of capital as an interest of the system based on hyper-competition, the more likely it is that you vehemently deny climate change. Because if climate change is real, your worldview will come crashing down around you.
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I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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It's so funny, I've done so many projects where I've been interrogated. I guest starred on almost every hour drama, and I'm always the guy they think is the bad guy but then they find out is not.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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I love my parents. But they have their life, and I have mine.
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For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.
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I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach.
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I remember what it was like to be doing 'Lost' and how creatively immersive it was. I just couldn't really engage on anything else, other than 'Lost;' I was just thinking about it all the time, and then there was just the pure workload, the 70- or 80-hour weeks.
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By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.
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If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
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Certainly situation comedy is harder than people who are good at it make it look, but it's fun to do something different.
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Nothing in the world was more terrible than an empty bottle! Unless it was an empty glass.
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It is easier to denature plutonium than it is to denature the evil spirit of man.
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Autism doesn't have to define a person. Artists with autism are like anyone else: They define themselves through hard work and individuality.
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When I was a child, I grew up speaking French, I mean, in a French public school. So my first contact with literature was in French, and that's the reason why I write in French.
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I like to deal in the reality of life. I'm too old to sing about women and things like that.
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I started acting in my parents living room when I was five years old.
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Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.
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I've been a professor of mathematics at Harvard and at Yale. At Yale for a long time. But I'm not a mathematician only. I'm a professor of physics, of economics, a long list. Each element of this list is normal. The combination of these elements is very rare at best.
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Trust is a function of two things: character and competence. Character includes your integrity, your motive and your intent with people. Competence includes your capabilities, your skills, and your track record. Both are vital.
