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 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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Imagination comes of not having things.
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There are so many different narrative traditions across the world, and each of those traditions has evolved dramatically over time. Once I understood that, I felt truly free; I could write and invent the way I wanted to because there never has been only one way to tell a good story.
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Hanging and marriage, you know, go by destiny.
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I just believe what I believe.
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Dione Lucas has been obscured by larger-than-life personalities like Julia Child, but she had it going on. She is like the horse that came in second place, whose name we can't remember. It takes more than just one horse to make a race.
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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.
