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• When I reflect that the task which the artist implicitly sets himself is to overthrow existing values, to make of the chaos about him an order which is his own, to sow strife and ferment so that by the emotional release those who are dead may be restored to life, then it is that I run with joy to the great and imperfect ones, their confusion nourishes me, their stuttering is like divine music to my ears.

  Henry Miller

  Running, Art, Emotional

  Henry Miller (1961). “Tropic of Cancer”

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• I believe in the supreme excellence of righteousness; I believe that the law of righteousness will triumph in the universe over all evil; I believe that in the attempt to fulfil the law of righteousness, however imperfect it must remain, are to be found the inspiration, the consolation, and the sanctification of human existence.
  We live in order to finish an, as yet, unfinished universe, unfinished so far as the human, that is, the highest part of it, is concerned. We live in order to develop the superior qualities of man which are, as yet, for the most part latent.

  Felix Adler

  Inspiration, Believe, Men

  "Life and Destiny". Book by Felix Adler, 1903.

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• I'm certainly an imperfect man. And it's only by the blood of Jesus Christ that I've been redeemed from my sins. So I know that God doesn't call me to do a specific thing, God hasn't given me a list, a Ten Commandments of things to act on the first day. What God calls us to do is follow his will. And ultimately that's what I'm going to try to do.

  Scott Walker

  Jesus, Men, Blood

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Handwriting, Saws, Should

  Mahatma Gandhi (1948). “Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth”, p.13, Courier Corporation

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• It is the imperfect that astonishes and attracts us.

  Paulo Coelho

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• I like telling stories of imperfect people because most people are imperfect.

  David S. Goyer

  People, Stories, Telling Stories

  "David S. Goyer Explains His ‘Graphic Novel’ Approach to Renaissance Intrigue in ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’". Interview with Alison Willmore, www.indiewire.com. April 9, 2013.

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• Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.

  Chuck Hagel

  Government, People, Institutions

  "Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. February 6, 2012.

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• Identify the problem.”)
  I love the late Japanese psychotherapist Shoma Morita's advice to stop trying to fix yourself and start living instead: “Give up on yourself. Begin taking action now, while being neurotic or imperfect, or a procrastinator, or unhealthy, or lazy, or any other label by which you inaccurately describe yourself. Go ahead and be the best imperfect person you can be and get started on those things you want to accomplish before you die.

  Shoma Morita

  Being Yourself, Giving Up, Imperfect Person

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• If you place the imperfect next to the perfect, people will see the difference between the one and the other. But if you offer the imperfect alone, people are only too apt to be satisfied by it.

  Alfred Stieglitz

  Differences, People, Perfect

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• Experience teaches acceptance of the imperfect as life.

  Anais Nin

  Acceptance, Teach

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• Perhaps we are wiser, less foolish and more far-seeing than we were two hundred years ago. But we are still imperfect in all these things, and since the turn of the century it has been remarked that neither wisdom nor virtue have increased as rapidly as the need for both.

  Joseph Wood Krutch

  Two, Years, Needs

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• You can drink pickle juice and imitate gorillas and do silly dances and sing stupid songs and wear funny hats and be as imperfect as you please and still be a good person. Good people are hard to find nowadays. And they're a lot more fun than perfect people any day of the week.

  Stephen Manes

  Song, Fun, Stupid

  Stephen Manes (1998). “Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!”, Yearling

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• [E]xcess in the practice of virtue is no less imperfect than the lack of it.

  Vincent de Paul

  Practice, Virtue, Values

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1990). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents: Correspondence; January 1640-July 1646)”

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• Each day, awakening, are we asked to paint the sky blue? Need we coax the sun to rise or flowers to bloom? Need we teach birds to sing, or children to laugh, or lovers to kiss? No, though we think the world imperfect, it surrounds us each day with its perfections. We are asked only to appreciate them, and to show appreciation by living in peaceful harmony amidst them. The Creator does not ask that we create a perfect world; He asks that we celebrate it.

  Robert Breault

  Appreciation, Children, Flower

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• In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom.

  Ezra Stiles

  Wisdom, Justice, World

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• Perfection is the willingness to be imperfect.

  Laozi

  Perfection, Taoism, Willingness

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• The truth of the matter is, every film is imperfect. It's the nature of the beast. One of the things that people ask me all the time is, what's the difference between theater and film, and one of the biggest differences is, in the theater you always get another go.

  Stephen Daldry

  Differences, People, Matter

  "Reading 'The Reader' with Stephen Daldry". Rotten Tomatoes Interview, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. February 17, 2009.

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• Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.

  B. C. Forbes

  Perfect, Decision, Judgement

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• Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.

  Brené Brown

  Strong, Belonging

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• It is clear that global challenges must be met with an emphasis on peace, in harmony with others, with strong alliances and international consensus.
  Imperfect as it may be, there is no doubt that this can best be done through the United Nations, not merely to preserve peace but also to make change, even radical change, without violence.

  Jimmy Carter

  Inspirational, Strong, Business

  Jimmy Carter (2014). “The Jimmy Carter Library”, p.1027, Simon and Schuster

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• Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Incompetence, Oligopoly, Monopoly

  John Kenneth Galbraith (2015). “The New Industrial State”, p.226, Princeton University Press

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• Allow yourself to be happy right now, even if outside circumstances seem imperfect. Waiting for everything to be "perfect" means delaying the happiness that you are meant to enjoy now. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy this very moment . . .now.

  Doreen Virtue

  Happiness, Mean, Perfect

  FaceBook post by Doreen Virtue from Nov 25, 2010

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• I do know, for most of us, the very best of times are when you're in your own space sweating, trying to squeeze quality out of imperfect capabilities.

  Robert Genn

  Struggle, Space, Trying

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• The literal record was not a hopelessly and imperfect fraction of truly insensible gradation within large populations but an accurate reflection of the actual process identified by evolutionists as the chief motor of biological change. The theory of punctuated equilibrium was, in its initial formulation, little more than this insight adumbrated.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Reflection, Population, Records

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• Our ancestor was an animal which breathed water, had a swim-bladder, a great swimming tail, an imperfect skull & undoubtedly was an hermaphrodite! Here is a pleasant genealogy for mankind.

  Charles Darwin

  Swimming, Science, Animal

  Charles Darwin (2016). “Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: the Evolution”, p.453, VM eBooks

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