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Sean Covey Quotes

The average teen today spends about 35 hours a week in front of a screen of some kind: iPod, movie, TV, video. And a lot of it is good, but a lot of it's not. And so I think you've got that five hours a day of media coming into your kid's head that's creating a lot of havoc out there.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: September 17, 1964

Topics

Good Today Day Teen Think Media

I actually envy actors who have a persona: 'This is the way I am. This is the part I play.' And do it over and over and over. To me, that's a lot easier than trying to reinvent yourself every six months.

Yourself I Am Me Trying Envy Play

But we had - I think if you look at law enforcement 10 years ago, if you look at the challenges, the FBI was focused excessively on what was happening in the United States.

Law Challenges Law Enforcement Think

Frank Lloyd Wright made houses right up until the end. I think that's important because it gives you a direct connection to all the basic aspects of architecture - the spatial energy of the place, the construction, the materials, the site, the detail.

Architecture Detail Construction End

When I force things, it just doesn't go well.

Go Force Things Well Just

What shaped my politics regarding war and peace was Martin Luther King Jr., the most extraordinary person that I ever heard. And when he began to talk about the issues of war and peace with such eloquence and such passion, I was drawn to that like a magnet.

Passion Politics Peace War King

Mother, she likes the blue material just fine.

Mother Blue She Fine Just Likes

I always loved country gospel from back when I was a teenager in high school and started listening to bluegrass quite a lot.

School Listening High School Loved

Advice number one: listen to your gut - it's never gonna lead you wrong. Number two: trust yourself. The root of everything is self-belief.

Trust Yourself Advice You Wrong Gut

There's a basic rule of thumb that the more a culture oppresses women, or oppresses anyone, the more culturally preoccupied they are with that.

Women Culture More Rule Thumb Basic

As a performer, there was nobody better than Morrissey.

Better Nobody Than Performer

Television is hard work. It's all hard work. Theatre is hard work. I tell you, I have bruises from changing backstage. Those quick changes are really difficult.

Work Hard Work Theatre You Difficult

My high-school years were so mediocre - I moved out when I was 16 and started living with my girlfriend who was 10 years older. Apart from that, I was just a video nerd.

Living Years Girlfriend Out Started

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