Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
What one great idea resonates deeper in the soul than any other...that we are free to choose. Next to life itself, the power to choose is your greatest gift.
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A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all.
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I'm not afraid of death, but I resent it. I think it's unfair and irritating. Every time I see something beautiful, I not only want to return to it, but it makes me want to see other beautiful things. I know I'm not going to get to all the places I want to go.
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Youth is really in your attitude, not in what you look like.
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There are certain romances that belong in certain cities, in a certain atmosphere, in a certain time.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.
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If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we have ever prepared for war.
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Sittin' in the mornin' sun, I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes. Watchin' the ships roll in; And I watch 'em roll away again. Sittin' on the dock of the bay, Watchin' the tide roll away. Sittin' on the dock of the bay, Wastin' time.
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Who love my man, I'm a liar if I say I don't But I'll quit my man, I'm a liar if I say I wont.
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But when you're standing at a crossroad, there's a choice you've got to make.
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As a songwriter, I got used to being in the background.
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With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn't me.
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I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.
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Temi, Adso, i profeti e coloro disposti a morire per la verità, ché di solito fan morire moltissimo con loro, spesso prima di loro, talvolta al posto loro.
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And that’s another reason I don’t want contact between your species and mine. You’re all Crazy Eddies. You think every problem has a solution.
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I only wish the poets would say this too: love is of the body; not the body, but of the the body. Ah! the misery that would be saved if we confessed that! Ah! for a little directness to liberate the soul!
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I bought some HP sauce the other day. It's costing me 6p a month for the next 2 years.
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We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer Yes, but I did it for the money, satisfy all but the most tiresome objections.
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What one great idea resonates deeper in the soul than any other...that we are free to choose. Next to life itself, the power to choose is your greatest gift.
