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It's better to be trusted than to be liked.
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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Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.
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Treat them all the same by treating them differently.
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It's like the more you know the more you know you don't know.
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