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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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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I give myself a non-negotiable eight-hour sleep opportunity every night.
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I don't feel as though I am under any pressure to return to Australia, given I won the PGA Championship, and I am just hoping everyone back home will understand my situation. I just want to make sure I am there for Ellie and that she has my support when she has our second child.
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If I sit in the same square room and work on something too long, I feel like you just go mad.
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I would never not work.
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'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.
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(On Standards & Practices): 'Where are your standards?....Stupid to retarded, is that the level of standards you’re trying to put out to America?'
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What we need to do is have empathy and that ultimately, at the end of the day, it's a woman's private choice... I don't support federal funding for abortions, nor do I support late-term abortions.
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Performing is about developing empathy, which leads us to a broader view of the world and encourages us to develop compassion; so we can comfort each other and not be so brutal with each other.
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Without exception, empathy is always appropriate.
