Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them.
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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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 became a dancer late and an actor late.
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Acting can be a narrow and isolated experience, because you only examine your particular part.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.
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I know about the sweet home. I went to school with 'em boys, what became Lynyrd Skynyrd; I knew Allen Collins, the skinny girl-beautiful guitarist. I put Allen Collins in every travel piece I do. Travel writing is harrowing, going to Bermuda with a banjo on my knee.
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I play sad bastard music. For the money.
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.
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You can't destroy America by destroying our elite. Think about America's elite. Think about it down through history. Destroy our elite, and about half the time, you're doing us a favor.
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I am grateful for - though I can't keep up with - the flood of articles, theses, and textbooks that mean to share insight concerning the nature of poetry.
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Waka Flocka is a product, a franchise, a brand, a label... And a good guy!
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No man shall be more exacting of me or my conduct than I am of myself.
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I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared.
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I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that. But I do know this: that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American.
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Pay-Per-View is run by drama. It is. It's true. I've done the research for myself. You look at Jon Jones. When Jon Jones fought Machida, probably did about $200,000, $300,000. When he fought Cormier, they made, like, $875,000.
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You’re in total isolation. And you don’t know how long you’re going to be there, but you truly believe they can do anything to you. There’s no way to even question it. You’re not protected by anything. Why am I here? Your mind is very uncertain of time. You become like mad. It’s very hard for anyone. Even for people who have strong beliefs.
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I think we as people struggle for what is meaningful in our lives, and I think that modern, contemporary life is as easy as it's ever been, for many, many people, and the amount of physical exertion, for most people, is less than it's ever been. I think that there is something about the ritual of making things more difficult that people find meaning in.
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Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them.
