Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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In the glory which overhangs Palestine afar off, we imagine emotions which never come, when we tread the soil and walk over the hallowed sites.
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China has the best opportunities. A domestic market with 1.3bn people will help create more Fortune 500 retailers.
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I grew up such a horror fan, it's kinda cool being named 'Scream Queen.' I like that.
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After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.
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In many ways, anger is a misdirected plea for love.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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I have a very wonderfully, bizarrely amazing relationship with my mother in that we've been through a myriad of emotions because we've acted together and played all these different kinds of mother-daughters.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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I don't understand, given the constraints physicians have in doing their job and the paperwork demanded of them, why people want to be physicians. I think we've made it very, very difficult for them to perform their job. I think that's a shame.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.
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I think that if you haven't been to the grocery store in a really long time, it's really easy to get very out of touch.
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The Unites States used to use law enforcement to aggressively target North Korea illicit activities - counterfeiting U.S. currency, drug-running, counterfeit cigarettes and pharmaceuticals - until diplomacy gutted those efforts. The effort should be reinvigorated.
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Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.
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Everyone deals with loss. I'm no different, but we all find our ways of coming through things. Is it tough? Of course, but you find the strength to push on through.
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Don't get me wrong: I would not say no to an Oscar!
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My mother has done so much for me in my life and has continuously been there and been my rock.
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But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'.
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I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.
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I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice.
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But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
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If you want something done right, just forget it.
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Always treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.
