“The only person I know, is the person I want to be”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
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Stephen R. Covey125
American educator, author, businessman and motivational spe… 1932–2012Related quotes
Randa Abdel-Fattah (1979) contemporary Australian writer of novels for young adults
Source: Does My Head Look Big In This?
“I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.”
Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan
Mr. Dumby, Act II
Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)
“I am mystified. I know only one person who voted for Nixon.”
Pauline Kael (1919–2001) American film critic
Attributed to Kael after the 1972 American Presidential election, which Nixon won easily. This misquote is presumably based on "I live in a rather special world." above, but there is no evidence that Kael was mystified or surprised by that election's outcome.
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“I fell in love with the right person, a person I know and who knows me.”
Billy Crystal (1948) American actor
Of his wife
Interview with Oprah Winfrey
“I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) British-American film and stage actor
“You know, I look like a duck. I just do. And I'm not the only person who thinks that.”
Michelle Pfeiffer (1958) American actress
People magazine (1990) http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20128142,00.html <br class="br">Context: You know, I look like a duck. I just do. And I'm not the only person who thinks that. It's the way my mouth sort of curls up or my nose tilts up. I should have played Howard the Duck.