Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.
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I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
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I think I need security.
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We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.
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Divorce isn't one-sided, and I am by no means perfect. Becoming accountable for my role in the relationship was very empowering.
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When our backs are on the wall, that's the time when we enjoy having fun, relax out there, do our thing, don't get the pressure on, see the results, day by day, game by game.
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We don't have any power other than our intellect and our hearts.
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What's weird is the Hot Boys and the whole New Orleans Cash Money thing had a really big impact on the Bay when that was popping off. I don't all the way understand it. I mean, I know that they were big everywhere and had a lot of commercial success in the mid to late '90s, but they were really, really felt in the Bay Area.
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Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.
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Ambition never is in a greater hurry than I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
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If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.
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Music is an extremely powerful force if used properly to uplift people. I believe music should be uplifting and not downgrading... it's a very, very powerful tool.
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People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.
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I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
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I don't know many better training grounds than being mayor of San Francisco - those were pretty intense years in terms of reporting and scrutiny.
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Whatever you are, you have the right to get married.
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Verum ubi pro labore desidia, pro continentia et aequitate libido atque superbia invasere, fortuna simul cum moribus immutatur. Ita imperium semper ad optimum quemque a minus bono transfertur. (II)
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There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.
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I'm not saying that all college students are subhuman - I'm just saying that if you aim to spend a few years mastering the art of pomposity, these are places where you can be taught by undisputed experts.
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I worry a lot about people using games just for marketing, to get people to buy more stuff, which I think would be the worst possible use.
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Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.
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Well when I woke up this morning,There was a note upon my door, Said don't make me no coffee Babe,'Cause I won't be back no more, And that's all she wrote, Dear John, I've sent your saddle home.
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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.
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Nobody can guarantee a company or a concept of eternal life, but no one can accuse me of not having tried to.
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If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.
