Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.
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If the day comes where I can have my own action figure... I defy any actor to say that's not a good day.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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They can sonically sound like me, but nobody's ever gonna be able to write songs like T-Pain. There's only one of those.
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Size has nothing to do with literature. All legs are long enough to touch the ground, and all books are big enough to fill their covers.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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My music does say a lot about me and what I went through. All the songs are about things I have gone through and what I am thinking. I wrote about my family, friends and boys, of course, and about life.
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There are tons of examples of U.K. and European mistakes. A classic one is pensions. That's obviously not an America-specific thing. The British and European economies are suffering under the weight of what is to come. The next great Ponzi scheme after Madoff is probably pensions.
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The true facts are not always obvious. They often have to be looked for.
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As an actress, one of the perks is having access to ridiculously expensive clothing and prancing around on the red carpet. Who wouldn't want to have fun with that?
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When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
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I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net. Now, as to the problem of how much health care costs and how we reform health care ... it is another story altogether.
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I make work a bit like how you mix cocktails - with ingredients like budget, history and location.
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Actors don't really get into their stride until they're in their late 30s and 40s.
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When I lie where shades of darkness Shall no more assail mine eyes.
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Follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it.
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There's no such thing as a self-made man. I've had much help and have found that if you are willing to work, many people are willing to help you.
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Vegan food is soul food in its truest form. Soul food means to feed the soul. And, to me, your soul is your intent. If your intent is pure, you are pure.
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But what of life whose bitter hungry sea Flows at our heels, and gloom of sunless night Covers the days which never more return? Ambition, love and all the thoughts that burn We lose too soon, and only find delight In withered husks of some dead memory.
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I think about death. I don't want to die with clothes in the cleaners.
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What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'
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People who believe that they are going to be excommunicated and shamed, or whatever other dark things may happen to them, are much less likely to enter open, loving relationships. And they are also much less likely to have the self-esteem that is required to be monogamous and loving. And in consequence, they are much less likely to create families.
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The world is your mirror and your mind is a magnet. What you perceive in this world is largely a reflection of your own attitudes and beliefs. Life will give you what you attract with your thoughts think, act and talk negatively and your world will be negative. Think and act and talk with enthusiasm and you will attract positive results.
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Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.
