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• I believe in a set of values I cannot live by. I set high goals for myself, I seek perfection, dream of exotic faraway places. But ultimately, what I long for isn't far away at all. It's in my own backyard. Imperfection charms me, familiar things move me... a celebration of what we have, instead of what we long for. That for me, is glamor.

  Isabella Rossellini

  Dream, Believe, Moving

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• Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators and inspire their followers to similar imperfections.

  L.E. Modesitt Jr.

  Perfection, Inspire, Desire

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• We put pride into everything like salt. We like to see that our good works are known. If our virtues are seen, we are pleased; if our faults are perceived, we are sad. I remark that in a great many people; if one says anything to them, it disturbs them, it annoys them. The saints were not like that - they were vexed if their virtues were known, and pleased that their imperfections should be seen.

  John Vianney

  Pride, People, Say Anything

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  When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Men, Perfect, Mind

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Jnana Yoga (Part II): The Yoga of Knowledge (Art of Living)”, p.58, editionNEXT.com

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• We need to learn how to keep people through love. Despite imperfections, sins, and irritating habits of other Christians, they belong to Jesus and they need our love as a healthy climate for growth.

  John Wimber

  Love, Christian, Jesus

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• Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that the retreat to isolationism a quarter of a century ago was started not by a direct attack against international cooperation but against the alleged imperfections of the peace.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Peace, Power Politics, May

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1950). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945, Volume 13”, p.498, Best Books on

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• Man is not interesting without some imperfection

  Soichiro Honda

  Love, Life, Family

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• A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection.

  Oscar Wilde

  Beautiful, Art, Giving

  Oscar Wilde, Isobel Murray (2008). “Oscar Wilde - The Major Works”, p.570, Oxford University Press

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• Perhaps the most serious complaint you could make about Bach is that he has every quality of humanity except imperfection.

  Jeremy Denk

  Humanity, Quality, Serious

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• Evil is only imperfection, that which is not complete, which is becoming, but has not yet found its end.

  Annie Besant

  Evil, Becoming, Ends

  "The Immediate Future: Lectures Delivered in Queen's Hall, London, 1911". Book by Annie Besant, 1922.

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• Relish everything that's inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

  Anthony Hopkins

  Light, Richness Of Life, Darkness

  "Sir Anthony Hopkins Interview THE WOLFMAN". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. February 8, 2010.

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• God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Honest, Being Honest, Clemency

  "Democratized Holiness: Yom Kippur And Moral Responsibility" by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 6, 2011.

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• There's no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can't do any business from there.

  Colonel Sanders

  Death, Business, Humorous

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

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• The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.

  Raymond Chandler

  Law, Justice, Buttons

  Raymond Chandler (2002). “The Long Goodbye: A Novel”, p.54, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.

  William Ellery Channing

  Errors, Names, Raised

  William Ellery Channing (1830). “Discourses, reviews, and miscellanies”, p.461

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• There's always room out there for the hand-drawn image. I personally like the imperfection of hand drawing as opposed to the slick look of computer animation. But you can do good stuff either way. The Pixar movies are amazing in what they do, but there's plenty of independent animators who are doing really amazing things as well.

  Matt Groening

  Independent, Drawing, Hands

  Interview with Kyle Ryan, tv.avclub.com. March 25, 2009.

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• I love imperfections.

  Lady Gaga

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• In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Insperational, Mirrors

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• I believe I owe all the best parts of my adulthood to embracing my imperfections and showcasing them.

  Beth Ditto

  Believe, All The Best, Adulthood

  "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. November 23, 2007.

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• The low points I had all helped make up my character, so I probably wouldn't want to do away with them because I like being flawed and I like having them help me grow and change and become better and stronger.

  Drew Barrymore

  Character, Stronger, Want

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• When things are perfect, that's when you need to worry most.

  Drew Barrymore

  Inspirational, Perfect, Worry

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• I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business. But I was in the top one.

  Brian Clough

  Soccer, Football, Footy

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

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• There are many who criticise the United Nations. And those of us who know this institution well know that it is not immune from criticism. But those who argue against the United Nations advance no credible argument as to what should replace it. Whatever its imperfections, the United Nations represents a necessary democracy of states.

  Kevin Rudd

  Democracy, Criticism, Arguing

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

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• I love that feeling of, you know, we are women, we are so different, our imperfections are what make us unique and beautiful.

  Gisele Bundchen

  Beautiful, Unique, Feelings

  "Gisele Goes Makeup Free For New BLK DNM Campaign, Tells Us Why She's Over Retouching". Interview with Hayley Phelan, fashionista.com. May 23, 2013.

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• Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.

  John Locke

  Inspirational, Education, Reading

  "The Book-Lover's Enchiridion" by Alexander Ireland, (p. 94), 1884.

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