Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
I am convinced that if we as a society work diligently in every other area of life and neglect the family, it would be analogous to straightening deck chairs on the Titanic.
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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.
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When I first met my husband, I needed that helping hand to take the reins and look after me.
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The new Beetle cannot deny its origin and the magic of its shape, ... We believe the new Beetle is not just another car.
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We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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The music business is motivated by money. Music is motivated by energy and feelings.
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I have wished a bird would fly away, And not sing by my house all day....
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My dream is that all South Africans from all walks of life will have the opportunity to read my books and use the information therein to successfully invest in property.
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Wine, it's in my veins and I can't get it out.
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If you go searching for the Great Creator, you will come back empty-handed. The source of the universe is ultimately unknowable, a great invisible river flowing forever through a vast and fertile valley. Silent and uncreated, it creates all things.
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I wanted to use an urban setting with a small-town feel for a story that took a character through her childhood into her adulthood, with a background in arson investigation, ... I chose Baltimore and its delightful Little Italy section and was able to depict that neighborhood feel, the family ties, and I hope a good story about why choices made define who we are and who we become.
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What is truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the 'voice within' tells you.
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Take physic, pomp; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them And show the heavens more just.
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When you find your reason for living, hold onto it. Never let it go. Even if it means burning other bridges along the way.
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Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all cases of passion admit reason to govern.
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I don't know why, but there's a certain element of panic in writing lyrics that I'm not sure I enjoy. I don't write lyrics first, ever. I've never done that. So, in a sense, the lyrics are a bit of an afterthought - it's music first.
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As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all.
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If I thought that everything I did was determined by my circumstancse and my psychological condition, I woudl feel trapped.
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I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when it’s at its extreme. And that’s what they end up knowing about it.
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I am convinced that if we as a society work diligently in every other area of life and neglect the family, it would be analogous to straightening deck chairs on the Titanic.
