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A long, healthy, and happy life is the result of making contributions, of having meaningful projects that are personally exciting and contribute to and bless the lives of others.
Stephen Covey
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Stephen Covey
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 24
Died: 2012
Died: July 16
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Stephen Richards Covey
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In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.
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We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.
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