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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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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These political consultants love business guys who've never been in politics to try and take advantage of them. I get that.
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I started writing my first book for young people when I was in college. I was only a couple of years out of my teens when I began; I felt closer to that experience than I did as an adult. But I've always been drawn to stories about young people.
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The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
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The prime goal of censorship is to promote ignorance, whether it is done via lying and bowdlerized school texts or by attacking individual books.
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A teacher's not going to bother being tough on you for no reason; it's when they're not paying you attention that you should worry.
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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
