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You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.

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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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Use
Two
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Mouths

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How you treat the one reveals how you regard the many, because everyone is ultimately a one.
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The great apparent dichotomy is that the more we give, the more we get.
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I can change. I can live out of my imagination instead of my memory. I can tie myself to my limitless potential instead of my limiting past
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