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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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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Happiness is a state of mind.
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They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.
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I try to work to improve myself every day and I try to do on the pitch what I do during the training sessions.
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Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely. To get to the bottom of this game, he has to give himself up into slavery. Chess is difficult, it demands work, serious reflection and zealous research.
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I knew I could not live my life around a husband, now would I want a husband to live his life around me. Of course, there are any number of variations in marital relationships between those extremes. But there is always a need for spouses to change their behaviors or habits to suit each other. I have always been set in my ways and did not fancy changing my behavior or lifestyle.
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Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences.
