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The most important ingredient we put into any relationship is not what we say or what we do, but what we are.

Stephen Covey

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Stephen Covey
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 24
Died: 2012
Died: July 16
Author
Businessperson
Professor
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Stephen Richards Covey
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Relationship
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Duplicity
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