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Sean Covey

"Honesty is a principle. Service is a principle. Love is a principle. Hard work is a principle. Respect, gratitude, moderation, fairness, integrity, loyalty, and responsibility are principles. There are dozens and dozens more. They are not hard to identify. Just as a compass always points to true north, your heart will recognize true principles...."

Source : Sean Covey (2014). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

Sean Covey

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“Where would you like to go, what would you really like to do with your life? See Istanbul, Port Said, Nairobi, Budapest. Write a book. Smoke too many cigarettes. Fall off a cliff but get caught in a tree halfway down. Get shot at a few times in a dark alley on a Morrocan midnight. Love a beautiful woman.”
“It doesnâ€™t matter how smart you are, Enigma is always smarter.”
“If the Americans, in addition to the eagle and the Stars and Stripes and the more unofficial symbols of bison, moose and Indian, should ever need another emblem, one which is friendly and pleasant, then I think they should choose the grapefruit. Or rather the half grapefruit, for this fruit only comes in halves, I believe. Practically speaking, it is always yellow, always just as fresh and well served. And it always comes at the same, still hopeful hour of the morning.”
“Every culture feels like their parents are the most stringent as far as, "We came to this country to work hard, we want you to be a doctor or a lawyer."”

Source : "Ato Essandoh, Bourne Again". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 19, 2016.
“For me, coming to a fashion house and bringing my love and respect to it - and, hopefully, earning the love and respect of the house - is the only way to do it. I think of it as my own house in that sense as well. So I like not working from a blank piece of paper. I like that there's something from the past, some kind of identity that I have to work with. There are these good ghosts around, these good energies that kind of reinforce what you do.”
“I really love good food occasionally, but I need time to enjoy it, and I need to be hungry.”

Source : "Clare Balding: 'It's unfashionable to be as shamelessly enthusiastic as I am'". Interview with Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2012.
“In Missouri, it's a 50/50 state, so I'm kind of used to half the state being mad at me.”
“In an ideal world, I'd be able to do my shows in my pajamas. Luckily I've got one of the best stylists in the business, Rebecca Allen - she knows what looks good on camera and gives it a sexy kick.”

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