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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.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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What I think of as style - and I've gotten to this over years of really thinking about it - is that style is the unconscious choices I make.
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We live in a society where it's cool to be criminal.
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Shakespeare does a great job of taking 5,000-year-old stories and turning them into modern pieces that are true to the original essence but are completely remade.
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He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful.
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That feeling of freedom, open highways of possibilities, has kind of been lost to materialism and marketing.
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The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites and passions
