Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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We can build the fence. We can triple the border patrol. We can end sanctuary cities by cutting off funding to them. We can end welfare for those here illegally.
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
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The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?
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We've all heard of the surveys revealing that teenagers think cows lay eggs, and others where children can identify more brand logos than trees, by a staggering margin. My view is that children will form a significant part of the green fightback. They instinctively understand the value of the environment.
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I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me.
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To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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We, of our time, have played our part in the perseverance, and we have pledged ourselves to the dead generations who have preserved intact for us this glorious heritage, that we, too, will strive to be faithful to the end, and pass on this tradition unblemished.
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Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.
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Our platform is a one-stop shop, from marketing and promotion through to ticketing. But even in the early days, in 2006-07, when we were mostly carrying shortform video, we became the premier movie marketing platform.
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Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad.
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I don't work with a stylist.
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If I could find anything blacker than black, I'd use it.
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I tend to latch on to things and not let go.
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Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible.
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People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing.
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When I decided I wanted to go to drama school, I realized that a lot of the actors whose careers I really admire and whose work I really admire were English and English trained. I felt there was a real vocational feel to work in the U.K.
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The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence.
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I learned in grade-school that after WWII European politicians considered sending Jews to Madagascar instead of Palestine. At the time I thought: Madagascar would've been so great.
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But with the steady disintegration of the family in modern society over the last century, the role of the school in bridging the gap has become vital!
