Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.Stephen Covey
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
Sam Taylor-Wood -
I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
Damien Hirst -
The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
Tammy Bruce -
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
Manfred Eigen -
World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
Harry Browne -
After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
Fatima Sana Shaikh
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I was interested in making work that physically changed as it circulated through the art world.
Walead Beshty -
I never thought of having platinum albums and winning awards. I just wanted to write songs and sing when I started out in the music business.
Randy Travis -
When it is important for you to say something and you find a vehicle to say it, then go for it. It is so rare when that happens so I think every minute spent fighting for it is always worth it. Even if nothing ends up happening, it's still worth the fight.
Salma Hayek -
I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.
Tahar Ben Jelloun -
My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him. He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
Magic Johnson -
I love my country so much.
Barry Lam
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Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Growing up on a family farm, I know firsthand the challenges of running a small business... challenges that only seem to be growing for today's entrepreneurs.
Sam Graves -
The distinction between the world of commerce and that of 'culture' quickly became the distinction between infrastructure and superstructure, with the former clearly determining the latter.
Allan Bloom -
I had a very simple life growing up in the farm country outside of Perugia, and biscotti and warm milk with a tiny bit of coffee were a big part of my morning ritual before walking to school.
Brunello Cucinelli -
We first started to rent old VFW halls in Philly or whatever; we rented kegs and did parties and played our own music. We had to find a way to do it because nobody else was helping us, and I think now it's important to keep those dialogues happening, those parties happening.
Diplo -
A sane person doesn't think war is a good idea. I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.
Bruce Cockburn
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The older we get, the swifter time seems to pass and the quicker memories seem to fade.
Brian Sibley -
America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles of justice and progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
Barack Obama -
It were better to have no opinion of God at all than such a one as is unworthy of him; for the one is only belief - the other contempt.
Plutarch -
If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors.
Ed Gillespie -
People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.
A.M. Homes -
Always surround yourself with people who are even more talented and competent than you.
Stephen Covey