Imperfection Quotes - Page 21

• The visible imperfections of hand-wrought goods, being honorific, are accounted marks of superiority in point of beauty, or serviceability, or both.

  Thorstein Veblen

  Mistake, Errors, Hands

  Thorstein Veblen (1965). “The Theory of the Leisure Class”, p.115, Transaction Publishers

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• Your imperfections make you beautiful, they make you who you are.

  Demi Lovato

  Beautiful, Bad Ass, Who You Are

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• ... imperfection would get me farther than perfection.

  Richelle Mead

  Perfection

  Richelle Mead (2013). “The Fiery Heart: A Bloodlines Novel”, p.188, Penguin

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• Even when I'm singing on record there's a lot of times when I'll fight for a bit of imperfection. I might not have quite hit the note to the perfect pitch, but there was a soul in there and feeling that,to me, delivers the emotion of that moment. For me, doing a show, the excitement of singing live, and the possibility that you're not going to be perfect - that's the thrill of it.

  Alicia Keys

  Fighting, Perfect, Feelings

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think happiness is a choice. If you feel yourself being happy and can settle in to the life choices you make, then it's great. It's really, really great. I swear to God, happiness is the best makeup.

  Drew Barrymore

  Makeup, Thinking, Swear To God

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• It's never too late. Don't focus on what was taken away. Find something to replace it, and acknowledge the blessing you have.

  Drew Barrymore

  Taken, Blessing, Focus

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• A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Mistake

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• The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukti - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Perfection, Soul, Vedas

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Chicago Addresses”, p.17, Advaita Ashrama

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• The only difference between a published and unpublished writer is a tolerance for imperfection.

  Junot Diaz

  Differences, Tolerance

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• To practice Extreme Self-Care, you must learn to love yourself unconditionally, accept your imperfections, and embrace your vulnerabilities.

  Cheryl Richardson

  Love You, Self, Practice

  Cheryl Richardson (2012). “21 Days to Master Extreme Self-Care”, p.19, Hay House, Inc

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• You can be sorry you aren't perfect, but never be sorry for being yourself.

  Gabriel Macht

  Being Yourself, Sorry, Perfect

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• DIGESTION, n. The conversion of victuals into virtues. When the process is imperfect, vices are evolved instead - a circumstance from which that wicked writer, Dr. Jeremiah Blenn, infers that the ladies are the greater sufferers from dyspepsia.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Science, Wicked, Vices

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.57, University of Georgia Press

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• There is a state of perfect peace with God to be attained under imperfect obedience.

  John Owen

  Peace, Perfect, Obedience

  "The Works of John Owen".

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• I was raised in that generation where it was all 'Women can have it all!' and I don't think you can. I think something falls off the table. The good thing is that the things that stay on the table become so much more important.

  Drew Barrymore

  Fall, Thinking, Important

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• I'm such a profound believer that timing is everything; I would tattoo that on my arm.

  Drew Barrymore

  Tattoo, Profound, Arms

  Interview with Marshall Heyman, www.goodhousekeeping.com. January 7, 2013.

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• That's why I like listening to Schubert while I'm driving. Like I said, it's because all his performances are imperfect. A dense, artistic kind of imperfection stimulates your consciousness, keeps you alert. If I listen to some utterly perfect performance of an utterly perfect piece while I'm driving, I might want to close my eyes and die right then and there. But listening to the D major, I can feel the limits of what humans are capable of - that a certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect. And personally I find that encouraging.

  Haruki Murakami

  Eye, Perfect, Listening

  FaceBook post by Haruki Murakami from Jan 07, 2015

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• I have faith in my imperfections!

  Dana Delany

  Have Faith

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• In this perfect world, there are certain imperfections that catch your eye. That's what works for me. I don't concentrate on being perfect, but instead put that effort behind my craft and being true to myself. I don't conform to pressures outside of me. I am confident about myself.

  Sonakshi Sinha

  Eye, Perfect, Effort

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• For true devotion must issue from the heart, and consist in the truth and substances alone of what is represented by spiritual things; all the rest is affection and attachment proceeding from imperfection; and in order that one may pass to any kind of perfection it is necessary for such desires to be killed.

  John of the Cross

  Spiritual, Heart, Attachment

  St John of the Cross (2011). “Dark Night of the Soul: (Authentic Original Classic)”, p.25, Destiny Image Publishers

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• The miracle of the Atonement can make up for imperfections in our performance.

  Gary E. Stevenson

  Miracle, Atonement, Performances

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• Perfection isn't human. Human beings are not perfect. What evokes our love--and I mean love, not lust--is the imperfection of the human being. So, when the imperfection of the real person peaks through, say, 'This is a challenge to my compassion.' Then make a try, and something might begin to get going.

  Joseph Campbell

  Love, Real, Mean

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• Every human being must be viewed according to what it is good for. For not one of us, no, not one, is perfect. And were we to love none who had imperfection, this world would be a desert for our love.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Love, Perfect, Would Be

  Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). “Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts”, p.119, Rowman & Littlefield

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• I think the body image thing, everybody can identify with that. In our culture there's just so much pressure and so much attention placed on the way we look. You just turn on the TV or flip open a magazine and there's people who don't look like any of us. I think this movie is like, finally, a celebration of reality and of our imperfections. We're not all a size 2 and we're not all a size 0, and you know what? That's OK, because some of us like to eat!

  America Ferrera

  Reality, Thinking, People

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• Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering - you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.

  Baal Shem Tov

  Men, Mirrors, Faces

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• The more you mature, you realize that this imperfections make your more beautiful.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Inspirational, Beautiful, Realizing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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