Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
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We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
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It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!
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I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot.
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I really do miss playing basketball. I don't play a lot of pick-up games. But I do like using basketball as a form of cross training.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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When I began writing, I didn't read any other children's poets... I didn't want to be influenced until I'd found my own voice. Now I read them all.
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The way people deal with me - they'll go overboard in trying to be politically correct and make a mess of it. Everyone's so worried about what they're saying to everyone else, that they don't talk very much.
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Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.
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My guilty pleasure is reality TV, as I am really nosey.
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It's always great to visit Taranaki; it's beautiful, and I've caught some great waves there.
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Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
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Trump brings power to those who hate their lack of it, and his message is tonic to communities that have felt nothing but decline for decades.
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You learn so much from competition you gain confidence every time you have to step up and perform.
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I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there. But we can take you down.'
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The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they'll gobble up - and that will make them ask for another.
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The place where the system and people's intentions meet is the political arena.
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It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.
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I have very few friends. I have a handful of close friends, and I have my family, and I haven't known life to be any happier.
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I became a vegetarian out of compassion for animals and to live as healthy as possible. I realized soon after that I was truly concerned with nonviolent consumption and my own health, a vegan diet was the best decision.
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Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.
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Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.
