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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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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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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The acting in 'Downton Abbey' has been consistently excellent across the board.
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To have my mind racing and my heart beating fast over glorious possibilities is very close to the summit of life experience for me.
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I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.
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We had a pretty good time together, when she wasn't trying to kill me!
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Although some people think that life is a battle, it is actually a game of giving and receiving.
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Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object.
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Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.
