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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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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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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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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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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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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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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A lot of actors are frustrated because they want to do things that are different and test themselves. Character actors are always looking for something the opposite of what they did.
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Use the environment to remind you of what needs to be done. If you're afraid you'll forget to buy milk on the way home, put an empty milk carton on the seat next to you in the car or in the backpack you carry to work on the subway.
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I always knew the Sixties wasn't a revolution. It really was just a bunch of university students with wealthy parents having fun.
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As users flock to Vine, Snapchat and, previously, Instagram, the social platforms are challenged to continue to be the primary provider of these services to the growing army of smartphone users.
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I broke into comics by working as a press reporter for the industry, for a trade press in comics, and reporting on events and reporting on books and so forth, and I got to know some of the editors at DC Comics in the mid-'80s.
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Happiness lies only in a divine unrest; and if you are lapped in comfort you stagnate and miss it.
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Without God man has no reference point to define himself.
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What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.
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There's a lot to be said for an American-style liberal-arts education, which prevents young people from professionalizing right away.
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However honest you may be, your heart is small and your fist is tight. Fall again, mount again, learn how to count again!
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Satan cannot create anything new, cannot create anything at all. He must steal what God has created. Thus he twists love and God's wonderful gift of sex into lust and sadism and myriad perversions. He disfigures the heart's deep desire to worship God and persuades us to bow before lesser gods of lust or money or power.
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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.
