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Perfection
«The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.»
«There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without exception, has weaknesses.»
Author: Josef Skvorecky
| About:
Books,
Perfection
| Keywords:
exception, fall short, fall short of, influenced, ridiculous, The Age, weaknesses
«Practice means to perform, over and over again in the face of all obstacles, some act of vision, of faith, of desire. Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired.»
Author: Martha Graham
(Choreographer, Dancer, Teacher)
| About:
Perfection,
Practice
| Keywords:
desired, inviting, over again, over and over, over and over again, perform, The Face of
«Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it.»
«Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
| About:
Perfection
| Keywords:
numbers
«Perfection of means and confusion of goals seem - in my opinion - to characterize our age»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
| About:
Character,
Perfection
| Keywords:
characterize, confusion
«There is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that perfection and show it forth....Each of us is in truth an unlimited idea of freedom. Everything that limits us we have to put aside.»
Author: Richard Bach
(Writer)
| About:
Freedom,
Limits,
Living,
Perfection,
Truth
| Keywords:
aside, asides, forth, in truth, limits, perfection, unlimited
«They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| About:
Perfection
| Keywords:
makes, make up, minds, nobodies, nobody, perfect, perfecting, perfects, practice, say, Tell, their, then, wish, wish well