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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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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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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I do not wear my emotions on my sleeve; I write about them.
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A sarcastic person has a superiority complex that can be cured only by the honesty of humility.
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I went to college at Harvard, then did three years of graduate school at Yale. At both places I studied comparative literature. People find it odd that I went to both Harvard and Yale, and I guess it is odd, but that's just what people did where I grew up.
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The Arab monarchies, especially Jordan and Morocco, are more legitimate than the false republics, with their stolen elections, regime-dominated courts and rubber-stamp parliaments.
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The core of what I do is solve problems, whether that's in graphic engine flow or rockets. I like working on things that are going to have an impact one way or the other.
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Siva is one of the best writers in the industry, and 'Srimanthudu' is a great script.
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There is no other genre that deals with America better, in a subtextual way, than the Westerns being made in the different decades. The '50s Westerns very much put forth an Eisenhower idea of America, whereas the Westerns of the '70s were very cynical about America.
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There is no such thing as a false idea.
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I love to dwell on the thought that the artist is next in divinity to the saint. He, like the saint, performs miracles.
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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.
