Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
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Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.
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I am very concerned about nutrition and always try to be careful about what I eat.
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Hypnotism is trespass into the territory of another's consciousness. Its temporary phenomena have nothing in common with the miracles performed by men of divine realization.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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I was actually a Cowboys fan.
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I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.
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The idea is a straightforward one. We provide an account for every newborn in America, a $500 account.
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There are beauty icons that I can never be like, sorta like a Gena Rowlands - I'll never have that look. I love Giulietta Masina, the great Fellini actress. But I'm probably more Seymour Cassel. Or somewhere between Lou Reed and Nora Ephron?
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The flip side of suicide is that it leaves a lingering question in the minds of the people who survived. It's like a cancer that's metastasized. The suicide is the cancer and the metastasis is all these people saying, Why? Why? Why?
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Will you tell them about that far off and mythical land And how a child to the virgin came? Will you tell them that the reason why we murdered Everything upon the surface of the world Is so we can stand right up and say we did it in his name?
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I've made no secret that although I loved being a legislator, I particularly loved being a chief executive.
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When I was eight or nine, I wrote a new version of 'Peter Pan' for the school play. They didn't use it - I imagine it was unperformable - but as recompense for not doing my script, I was offered any role, and instinctively went for Captain Hook. I came on trying to be terrifying, but everyone laughed at me.
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My sister's journal was the romantic one with boys, and mine was talking about my rock tumbler. We were so different and so similar.
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In America, there's more of the question, should music be political or should it just be for entertainment purposes, whereas around the world that's not even an issue. I think people just assume that music should be everything.
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We are pretty firm believers in the fact that you make your own fate, with or without the Facebook ordeal.
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I love the deadpan. It's such a strong go-to. It lets the audience make their own decisions about what you're thinking.
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When I'm very motivated, and when I have to compete, I change a little bit; I become very competitive.
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Right now, I am doing the reverse of molecular gastronomy. I'm working with scientists to find ingredients and produce that are proven to be good for you.
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I'd love to play a gangster but I think people might say I looked a bit too young and cheeky to play a character who'd just blown someones head off!
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In any project the important factor is your belief. Without belief, there can be no successful outcome.
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Romantics value intensity over stability. Realists value security over passion. But both are often disappointed, for few people can live happily at either extreme.
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It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.
