Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
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I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.
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You can take of a man's money, but when it's all said and done, you've only taken his money.
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I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them. We laugh to keep from crying.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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Over the years, I have realized that there's more to a film's fate than just good acting and a solid script. It needs to be marketed well. It's the package that sells - the songs, action, actors, etc.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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I can sometimes feel like I'm an aggressive man inside. I'm not going to show that on social media.
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Like all kids who want to be in action movies, I want to jump out of a speeding car, shoot guns, slide out the side in slow motion like a John Woo movie.
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You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.
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Work is what saves you.
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Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.
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I'm a natural. That's why I make the big bucks.
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Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians.
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My life was on the line here and my career and everything I worked for, it was hanging by a thread.
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The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
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The mudslinging has begun.
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Sweet sixteen today. She's looking like her momma a little more every day.
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Terms like 'liberty' and 'individual freedom' invoked by generations of Americans who battled to widen the 1787 promise to 'promote the general welfare' have been perverted to create a government primarily dedicated to the state and the political class that runs it. Yes, Virginia, there is a class war and ordinary people are losing it.
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When it comes time to make the scenes concrete and shoot them, I want the freedom for it to exist which means adding, subtracting or modifying.
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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions
