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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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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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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I do think that there is such a thing as human nature, and that the things that we have in common are perhaps greater than the things that divide us.
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Remember for just one minute of the day, it would be best to try looking upon yourself more as God does, for She knows your true royal nature.
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In every literate society, learning to read is something of an initiation, a ritualized passage out of a state of dependency and rudimentary communication.
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It would have been tough for anyone to adapt 'Push' - an amazing but wrenching novel by Sapphire - for the screen, and I think director Lee Daniels made interesting choices, particularly with Precious' fantasies. In my view, some of them work and some do not, but they are definitely provocative directorial choices.
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In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.
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I'm a very spontaneous person. If someone aggravates me, I'm going to go after them. I wake up every morning, and I say, 'What bad guys should I go after today?'
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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.
