Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
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Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn't say that.
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In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.
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I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable.
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It was horrifying. You wouldn't believe how people are treated there. You could see that these people had withdrawn so far that they just lived in their own minds. They did terrible things to themselves.
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In order to reach home, where you have the guidance of cosmic insight, you must first depart from your present location. You cannot remain in the noisy city of your own vanities and expect to know what to do. Cosmic knowledge and personal vanity do not mingle.
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I came to Washington with a pledge to be a fiscally conservative.
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I'm by no means a pianist. I think that's safe to say, but the piano, for me, I would say it's the enabler. It gave me what I needed and gives me what I need in order to write a song. And I think playing or improvising on the piano is where I feel most liberated and sort of less conscious of all my insecurities or inadequacies.
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I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
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Maybe I need to make a change, or maybe it's living here in New York or using social media or working in media and entertainment, but I feel like I'm constantly trying to maintain this sense of, 'Why do I do what I do?'
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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All three games came down to the last play.
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Loveless moments are to be avoided.
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People like me, who care about printing, constitute the tiniest lunatic fringe in the nation.
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You are the single biggest influence in your life.
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And, by the way, one of the most delightful things I find in America is meeting a people without prejudice — everywhere open to the truth.
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In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music. My music was for me. I didn't have the mental room to be conscious of the listener; I wrote to save myself.
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Hot funk, cold punk, even if it's old junk, it's still rock and roll to me.
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When the highest type of people hear Tao (Truth), they diligently practice it. When the average type of people hear Tao, they half believe in it. When the lowest type of people hear Tao, they laugh at it. If they did not laugh, it would not be Tao.
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One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process.
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So, what can't you take? Decide which of the two options is harder, and do the other. That way, no matter how hard your choice turns out to be, at least you can find comfort in knowing you're avoiding something even worse.
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My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done.
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Our prayers cannot force God to do anything, but He uses them as His own instruments to bring about His will.
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It's better to be humbled by the word than by the force of circumstances.
