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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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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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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If we're going to run for points we need to run in the top-five every week.
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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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What's really hurting me, the name Islam is involved, and Muslim is involved and causing trouble and starting hate and violence. ... Islam is not a killer religion. ... Islam means peace, I couldn't just sit home and watch people label Muslims as the reason for this problem.
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Before taking up law, I studied medicine for six months and then tried my hand at fashion designing for another six months. I wanted to find something that excited me. Finally, it was law that captured my interest.
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To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations, as well as the security and wellbeing of our subjects, is the solemn obligation which has been handed down by our imperial ancestors and which lies close to our heart.
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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.
