Stephen Covey (Stephen Richards Covey) Quotes
Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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Barberries, or zereshk, are tiny dried red fruit with a tremendously sharp flavour. They come from Iran, where they're used to add freshness to rice and chicken dishes.
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The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same.
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The idea of doing a production of 'Carousel' that doesn't feel like it's stuck in the 1950s really intrigues me.
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Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun.
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Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he seeks out that advice because he's not too cool or too uncomfortable to ask for it.
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I love my country so much.
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A manufacturing resurgence is what will give local communities and small towns across America a fighting chance for survival. Many of today's American entrepreneurs come from those very places but make their wealth elsewhere. We need to change that.
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Making love in the morning got me through morning sickness. I found I could be happy and throw up at the same time.
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When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or shade the truth about why they're going, to care for their families while they're gone, to tend to the soldiers upon their return, and to never ever go to war without enough troops to win the war, secure the peace, and earn the respect of the world.
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Vote, v. The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
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They just don’t trust people. They don’t trust individuals, they don’t trust any change that should serve and benefit people, and they try to stop it.
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Puerto Rican culture is very different from Mexican culture. Part of the Mexican psychology is the idea of being an immigrant or being illegal or being confused with that. That doesn't happen with Puerto Ricans, because you're a commonwealth.
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I've never really been very good at marriage. It's one of my failures. I've tried my best, but I do realise the common denominator is me; it's something I'm doing.
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When I was a kid, Jacques Cousteau was my hero and the person who inspired me to become an underwater explorer. I have many other people who inspired me after him, but he is still my all-time hero.
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My view of myself as an artist expanded because of the time I spent at Cal Arts.
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Serum albumin is a well-defined protein, but no laboratory has yet attempted to ascertain its full chemical structure.
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When you believe in yourself and you know that you can do it then your body just follows suit.
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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It is difficult for someone raised in my world to learn to express emotion. We are taught early to hide our feelings publicly.
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Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.
