Perfection Quotes

I understand reform to mean the perfection of what previous generations have already done. I'm not an advocate of destroying, 'kroshat,' and then selling like they do in Russia. That's how we can prevent the wild corruption in our state like they have in the other post-Soviet states.

Alexander Lukashenko

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You can't start with imbalance and end with peace, be that in your own body, in an ecosystem or between a government and its people. What we need to strive for is not perfection, but balance.

Ani DiFranco

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Learning to give up on perfection may be just about the most romantic move any of us could make.

Alain de Botton

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People have a certain perfection about them, no matter who they are. Like when Janis Joplin sang. Gorgeous!

Jeff Buckley

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I don't like the word 'perfectionist,' because it's self-flattering. It's tooting your own horn and implies that you actually can achieve perfection. I prefer 'particularist.'

Whit Stillman

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Redemption is not perfection. The redeemed must realize their imperfections.

John Piper

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To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

Thomas Aquinas

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I just really strongly promote pushing against this culture of perfection. I mean, I'm sorry, for me, Spanx don't feel good. I've tried one of those waist-trainer things on - that hurt like the bejesus.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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I prefer cooking to baking. Baking, to me, is very precise, and it's about perfection.

Ree Drummond

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I don't believe in perfection, but those acrimony-free gaps during our family holidays can be downright blissful.

Ron Howard

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I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration.

Neil Diamond

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Spirituality is not a formula; it is not a test. It is a relationship. Spirituality is not about competency; it is about intimacy. Spirituality is not about perfection; it is about connection. The way of the spiritual life begins where we are now in the mess of our lives.

Mike Yaconelli

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It's all about perfection, isn't it?

Keira Knightley

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My favourite programme of all time is 'Weeds'; the first three or four series are perfection.

Miranda Raison

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Water is a beverage which I never enjoyed in purity and perfection before I visited America. It is provided in abundance in the cars, the hotels, the waiting-rooms, the steamers, and even the stores, in crystal jugs or stone filters, and it is always iced. This may be either the result or the cause of the temperance of the people.

Isabella Bird

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Strive for perfection. Nobody's going to be perfect on this earth. But strive for perfection.

Judith Jamison

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There is a danger of changing too much in the search for perfection.

Agnetha Faltskog

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Great sculptors and artists spend countless hours perfecting their talents. They don't pick up a chisel or a brush and palette, expecting immediate perfection. They understand that they will make many errors as they learn, but they start with the basics, the key fundamentals first.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

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APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums.

Edsger Dijkstra

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Often, equipment can as easily function as a security blanket for musicians unwilling or unable to risk anything personal in the studio. Whether one catches the feeling on a record is a subjective matter. How can you be sure? The machinery can hold out the promise of at least mechanical perfection.

Jon Landau

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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

Yves Saint Laurent

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I'd love to stay in baseball, but I won't beg. I'd love to work with young umpires. I think I could teach them, help them develop. I can spot flaws, help them get over the hump. You're striving for perfection every game, yet you never achieve it. If baseball wants me, I'm available.

Doug Harvey

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Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.

W. Somerset Maugham

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A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.

Chuck Palahniuk

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