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• One of our major flaws, and causes of unhappiness, is that we find it hard to take note of appreciate and be grateful for what is always around us. We suffer because we lose sight of the value of what is before us and yearn, often unfairly, for the imagined attraction elsewhere.

  Alain de Botton

  Gratitude, Grateful, Sight

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• The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over another.

  Mike Rowe

  Wisdom, Jobs, Character

  "Good Magazine: America’s Dirtiest Interview". profoundlydisconnected.com. October 12, 2010.

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• We're so quick to point out our own flaws in others.

  Julian Casablancas

  Song: 11th Dimension, Album: Phrazes For The Young, 2009

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• In spite of his flaws, Oscar had a big heart and was always ready to help whoever was in need. He was affable, kind, extremely generous and charitable, but at the same time, not mature at all. He constantly lied and deceived me, and later returned feeling sorry, like a boy caught in mischief, asking to be forgiven one more time - and then we would start all over again.

  Emilie Schindler

  Sorry, Heart, Boys

  "Where Light and Shadow Meet : A Memoir". Book by Erika Rosenberg, 1997.

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• They (the novelists) became the voice of the citizen against the ubiquitous raison d'état, which reappeared endlessly to justify everything from unjust laws and the use of child labour to incompetent generalship and inhuman conditions on warships.
  The themes they popularized have gradually turned into the laws which, for all their flaws, have improved the state of man.

  John Ralston Saul

  Children, Men, Voice

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• Cast a spell and the small flaws don't matter. (From Workbook)

  Steven Heighton

  Matter, Casts, Spells

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• Sometime, It's easier to love someone with flaws you can forgive in return for them forgiving yours.

  Mark Lawrence

  Forgiving, Return, Easier

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• Humanity can be divided into madmen and cowards. My personal tragedy is in being born into a world where sanity is held to be a character flaw.

  Mark Lawrence

  Character, Humanity, Tragedy

  Mark Lawrence (2014). “Prince of Fools”, p.200, Penguin

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• Judge not for your flaws, but for your Triumphs!

  Whitney Houston

  Judging, Triumph

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• As a young girl, I was much more preoccupied by my flaws. Everyone teased me because of my long, skinny neck. To hide my so-called deformity, I was wearing a turtleneck when I was 3! Yet my neck is probably my best asset. At the end of the day, what counts is the entire package.

  Iman Abdulmajid

  Girl, Long, Insecurity

  "Beauty After 40: 5 Mature Beauty Gurus Tell All". Interview with Veronique Vienne, www.oprah.com. October 2000.

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• I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate, or the irritating habit of looking for the flaw in any argument.

  John Mortimer

  Art, Father, Luck

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• ... She knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain, was a fatal flaw, the seed of death.

  Anne Perry

  Heart, Optimism, Brain

  Anne Perry (2011). “Callander Square”, p.184, Open Road Media

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• There is a flaw with words, they always force us to feel enlightened, but when we turn around to face the world they always fail us and we end up facing the world as we always have, without enlightenment

  Carlos Castaneda

  Warrior, Words Of Wisdom, Enlightenment

  Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Tales of Power”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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• There is no doubt that Bronstein's shrewd understanding of chess psychology was crucial to his success. Without it, his impetuous style and technical flaws might have relegated him to a minor career.

  Pal Benko

  Careers, Psychology, Understanding

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• Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings.

  Dave Barry

  Love, Couple, Emotional

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Talks Back”, p.208, Crown Archetype

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• We need to develop respect for our history, despite all of its flaws, and love for the Fatherland. We need to pay the utmost attention to our common moral values and consolidate Russian society on this basis. I think that this is an absolute priority.

  Vladimir Putin

  Thinking, Priorities, Pay

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• THE POWER OF THE GROUP We all want to feel a sense of belonging. This isn’t a character flaw. It’s fundamental to the human experience. Our finest achievements are possible when people come together to work for a common cause. School spirit, the rightful pride we feel in our community, our heritage, our religion, and our families, all come from the value we place on belonging to a group.

  Rosalind Wiseman

  School, Character, Pride

  Rosalind Wiseman (2013). “Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World”, p.37, Harmony

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• I write my own songs, and I only see their flaws.

  Chris Isaak

  Song, Writing, My Own

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• Everyone has flaws. It's a matter of finding the ones you can live with.

  Moon Unit Zappa

  Matter, Findings

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• Instead of trade policy that is beneficial to American businesses and workers as well as our trade partners, we have a flawed trade policy that hurts all parties.

  Stephen F. Lynch

  Hurt, Party, Partners

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• I think what is interesting in life is all the cracks and all the flaws and all the moments that are not perfect.

  Clemence Poesy

  Thinking, Perfect, Interesting

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• I could list of dozens things my fiancee does that annoys me and I'm sure he could list off hundreds of things about me but the fact is that even through all that we love each other. We love each other in spite of our flaws and despite all the things we do that should make us hate each other we still continue to fall deeper in love. Sometimes we want to hate each other but for two people who are truly in love it simply isn't possible. Not even a little but, not even at all.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Hate, Fall, Romantic Love

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• Work hard to seem infallible and others will work to find our flaws. Admit our shortcomings and others will work to help us be infallible.

  Simon Sinek

  Work, Admitting, Helping

  FaceBook post by Simon Sinek from Sep 16, 2015

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• People were interesting at first. Then later, slowly but surely, all the flaws and madness would manifest themselves. I would become less and less to them; they would mean less and less to me.

  Charles Bukowski

  Mean, People, Interesting

  Charles Bukowski (2007). “Women”, Ecco

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• Perfection, in the form of a flawless stream of words delivered with cool composure, is never as persuasive as realness. An impassioned but imperfect speech, which shows you care too much to hide flaws, is far more compelling.

  Charlotte Beers

  Perfection, Care, Speech

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