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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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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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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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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Flattery won’t hurt you if you don’t swallow it.
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I like healthful foods, but I'm from the Midwest, so I like food that's been around longer.
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I love school, and I love learning, and school really does inspire me for a lot of my writing - just being in public school with people and watching things happen.
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When I was ten and in fifth grade, I read all of 'Robinson Crusoe' in one weekend.
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We Americans are a funny people. We say that our favorite outdoor recreation is 'walking for pleasure' (or so it is reported in Outdoor Recreation Trends). Yet the average housewife will jump into the family car-or one of them-to go around the corner for a bottle of aspirin and a television guide. The businessman who walks four blocks to an appointment is the exception rather than the rule.
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I'm just the smallest dot in a big map of human history.
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I believe in having total clarity around our goals. I believe in creating these goals together as a group and making sure they're aligned with Bob Iger's goals for the Walt Disney Co. And more than anything, making sure people understand that they have a responsibility to one another.
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You need people to encourage you along the way, both during your success and failures, because there will be both.
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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.
