Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
If you don't let a teacher know what level you are -- by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance -- you will not learn or grow
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started.
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I owe my success to my two families. If my father hadn't been willing to make sacrifices for me, I would have never won the role on 'Everybody Hates Chris'. I like working with my television family, too. We have a lot of love for each other.
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At its core, banking is not simply about profit, but about personal relationships.
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One of the first coaches I worked with on the national team told me that I was too skinny, too puny, and had no natural acceleration. He said I'd be better off looking for another facet of sport to follow. That was a really, really bad moment. For a long time, I felt as if my dad was the only one who had faith in me.
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Government does not create jobs, but it can help set the table for economic growth with the right policies.
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VR is going to be defined by the content that is designed explicitly for virtual reality.
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Long live the liberation of the workers off all countries from the infernal chasm of war, exploitation and slavery!
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Thus I pacified Psyche and kissed her,And tempted her out of her gloom.
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8) History never repeats itself.
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I'm a fighter by nature and nothing will ever change that.
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When you have kids, all your plans, everything that you do is for them to have fun.
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Some managements do not even think of buybacks as an option. The idea of shrinking their equity base repels them. Their inclination instead is to get bigger, and this often leads them to pay rich prices for acquisitions that never earn their keep.
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I'm going to be honest, playing in D-League games is tough.
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I get nervous about gigs sometimes, but not with records - I always get excited.
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Under Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., the Justice Department prosecuted more people for having unauthorized discussions with reporters than all prior administrations combined.
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Sometimes I make things that people have very strong responses to. Whether that's art, I don't know. That's one of those words that doesn't mean anything. It's why I don't just use words.
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Gay men in a very real way created my career.
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The sea was a phenomenon I had never clapped eyes on for myself, yet it seemed, from the tales, a destination ultimate and uncompromising. The ocean’s edge, the brink of the land; the lip of Chaos.
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I'm more interested in moving toward writing stories - thinking about the graphic novel form, and just something more long-form. I did a lot of literary translation in college. Translation is an art. But for sure writing has always been a part of how I think through my ideas.
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When you play a doctor, you have to look like you can do it but you don't actually go and do it. It's not like you learn how to cut open somebody and go do surgery. You have to think of a human being and not play the idea of what that would look like.
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I call myself a teacher because they want me to call myself a teacher, but actually, what I'm doing is I'm studying.
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If you don't let a teacher know what level you are -- by asking a question, or revealing your ignorance -- you will not learn or grow
