Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Only as we keep an open communication with our deep inner life will we have the wisdom to make effective choices.
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.
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I've always been a massive fan of John Mayer. I think he's very talented.
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You have to realize that up until about 1959, Africa was dominated by the colonial powers. And by the colonial powers of Europe having complete control over Africa, they projected Africa always in a negative light - jungles, savages, cannibals, nothing civilized.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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We love playing music but we're too weird to play music.
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When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members of my staff who weren't even born when I took office. That tells me it's time for a new chapter.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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The tax incentives in place for 'House of Cards' in Maryland have resulted in hundreds and hundreds of jobs and not just for actors, but for carpenters and waitresses and hotel workers. The amount of hotel nights and meals that the production of a television series brings to a state is staggering.
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If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.
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This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
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You can get stale writing with each other for a while.
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My dad worked two jobs his whole life, and so I told him he's the reason I have 20 jobs.
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I'm not a very typical singer.
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My father used to take me to the movies on Saturdays. In 1940, when I was four years old, we encountered 'Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe.' I loved it. Especially the rocket ship, which I later realized had no airlock and no washroom. But they managed to get to Mongo with it.
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Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being.
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In the Andes and the Alps, I have seen melting glaciers. At both of the Earth's Poles, I have seen open sea where ice once dominated the horizon.
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The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.
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Librarians are like crack dealers when it comes to hooking small children.
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I'm not being really intelligent in my film choices; I'm just landing the opportunity when it comes.
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A new idea comes suddenly and in a rather intuitive way. But intuition is nothing but the outcome of earlier intellectual experience.
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Well, I would never admit to copying Karl Rove's play book, but there's no doubt that what the Bush people did in 2004 was impressive. They had neighbors talking to neighbors. They did a remarkable job increasing Republican turnout in states like Ohio and Florida.
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You never make all things for all people and can't always pander to the broadest denominator. I keep an eye toward doing the themes that interest me. Do they move me? Interest me? Make me think? When I run across something that is provocative in an unsettling way, it appeals to me.
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Only as we keep an open communication with our deep inner life will we have the wisdom to make effective choices.
