Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly - with mutual respect, for mutual benefit.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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NASA asked me to create meals for the space shuttle. Thai chicken was the favorite. I flew in a fake space shuttle, but I have no desire to go into space after seeing the toilet.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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As the numbers of native-born Europeans begin to fall, with their anemic fertility rates, will the aging Europeans become more magnanimous toward destitute newcomers who do not speak the national language or assimilate into the national culture but consume its benefits?
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I'm just not very funny.
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I've been playing this game, fortunately for me, since I was three years old. That's one of the reasons why this game is so special to me.
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You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.
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Unemployment determination in a modern economy was the main subject area of my research from the mid-1960s to the end of the 1970s and again from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
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I was so lucky to have parents who supported me, 100%, with whatever I was doing, both financially and emotionally. Having that they made my life so much easier. Instead of becoming a bartender and trying to survive while trying to pursue your dreams, I didn't have to worry about that aspect. I could just pursue my dreams.
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I haven't received any pressure to be anything other than myself, and for that, I am so grateful.
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Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.
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A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable.
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Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.
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Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us.
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These were people who believed everything about the Soviet Union was perfect, but they were bringing their own toilet paper.
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Honesty always sounds like impudence to the vain and stupid.
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Sacred religion! mother of form and fear.
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When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.
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Why should man fear since chance is all in all for him, and he can clearly foreknow nothing? Best to live lightly, as one can, unthinkingly.
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The mouse that hath but one hole is quickly taken.
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I often speak publicly, and when I do, I also get to listen to other presenters. The most memorable are the ones that hit an emotional chord with a tight story and a punch line. No fluff. Keep it creative and concise. Greatness exists in quality, not quantity.
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True greatness will be achieved through the abundant mind that works selflessly - with mutual respect, for mutual benefit.
