Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
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I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan.
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He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
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If you're on a road trip, you need driving music.
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Comic book readers tend to be pretty secular and anti-authoritarian; nothing is above satire in their eyes.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.
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I admired the work ethic of the cowboys I read about. The idea of these young people taking on this much responsibility was impressive. I would like modern readers to have an appreciation of this.
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Make health care a right, not a privilege.
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In thinking about nanotechnology today, what's most important is understanding where it leads, what nanotechnology will look like after we reach the assembler breakthrough.
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I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.
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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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We all have idols. Play like anyone you care about but try to be yourself while you're doing so.
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When the element of conversion with reference to a standard is eliminated from life, what remains is the irresponsible quest for thrills.
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Now, bitter, but useful, mortification is the steppingstone to knowledge, even in a child.
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I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.
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My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.
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I think I was given a gift to play golf and to be mentally strong.
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You feel touched and honored and alive when you give to someone.
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I see the relationship sincerity/humor differently. Instead of seeing a balance between them, I see them more inextricably linked, as if one is the hard candy shell that gives to the other, or one is the apparition, the ghost-image that invokes the other.
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Someone on Twitter sent me a page from a textbook. It had a picture of a football player next to a picture of me. The juxtaposition was meant to illustrate two meanings of "offensive." Seriously. It broke my heart. It's that accepted what I do is offensive?
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Balance isn't either/or; it's 'and'.
