Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Perhaps the most important vision of all is develop a sense of self, a sense of your own destiny, a sense of unique mission and role in life.
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I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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I really enjoy doing films, but I also love television. I certainly would not be against doing some regular television work and being on a show that runs several years.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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I'm always looking for perfection. Even after training and my coaches say I did good, I always think I could have done more.
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If a character is supposed to be hated, my goal is to make her the most hated person on the show.
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To be one's own master is to be the slave of self.
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It is a struggle. But I don't mind. I will just keep fighting on.
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Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.
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Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
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In exile, I have tried to profit by the past and prepare for the future.
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The first day I was in a daze thinking, ‘What am I doing? What’s my role?’ and then slowly we started writing with each other, and it was great. It took me way back to my high school days when I was playing in a rock band.
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The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.
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When it comes to the world around us, is there any choice but to explore?
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It is clear that the causal nexus is not a nexus at all.
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The verb 'fuck' has been a part of the language since at least early 1500s. The actual practice, far longer. So, no need to be embarrassed of either.
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If a man has reported to you, that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make any defense (answer) to what has been told you: but reply, The man did not know the rest of my faults, for he would not have mentioned these only. (33) tr. George Long (1888).
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Relationships with the media are really important. The media has a more important voice today than it has ever had. We don't advertise. We only have one marketing vehicle, which is editorial, and our ability to get our message out and communicate it effectively.
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The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan.
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Perhaps the most important vision of all is develop a sense of self, a sense of your own destiny, a sense of unique mission and role in life.
