Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
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In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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When you have a limited resource and you have a lot of people wanting that resource, then those who get more justify as to why they got more, and those who get less say they have been treated badly.
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When I decide I want something, I go in like an Exocet missile.
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My father did irrigation jobs, and I would sometimes accompany him, and that gave me a taste of what was going on in the innards of India.
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When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.
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Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
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I'm engaged to Hollywood. If there's something I find I have to do, I'll do it. Otherwise, I'll just stay home and have a vacation.
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I had always wanted to write a song called, The Vicious Circle. I always thought it was like, the kids are born there, they grow up there, they die there.
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I have a control problem. I hate the feeling of not being in control.
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'8 Miles to Pancake Day' is a reconciliation of the classic space-time dilemma.
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You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
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All over this land women have no political existence. Laws pass over our heads that we can not unmake. Our property is taken from us without our consent. The babes we bear in anguish and carry in our arms are not ours.
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Writing is an addiction more powerful than alcohol, than nicotine, than crack. I could not conceive of not writing.
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If I was on a 'Modern Family' kind of show, and they said, 'You have to say that the burger is $5.55; Have a good day!'... I could do that!
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Shame is an unhappy emotion invented by pietists in order to exploit the human race.
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I give myself a non-negotiable eight-hour sleep opportunity every night.
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I think I have stopped being nervous about the outcome of a film. The five consecutive flops in 1997 and the five consecutive hits in 1999 have mellowed me in many ways.
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A writer can spend a decade working obsessively on a novel, but in the commerce of publishing, many of the most important decisions about any book will be made based on very short pitches - from literary agent to editor to sales rep to bookstore buyer to a potential reader standing in the bookstore, asking, 'What's it about?'
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People with lower incomes tend to give a greater percentage of their incomes to help others and show greater empathy and compassion - perhaps because they know they might face the same circumstances.
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For me, empathy is an existential question - it's about the survival of the human race. That is, it's imperative for us to overcome the challenges we face.
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We were not well. I did not show enough empathy in my message.
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Without exception, empathy is always appropriate.
