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- Nov 07, 2020
Not Perfect Quotes
Lines that make peace with being unfinished.
Instead of chasing flawlessness, these quotes settle into honesty about limits: a programmer admitting his language can't suit every user, a musician defending records that sound human rather than polished, and someone owning past choices without pretending otherwise. For more on emotional honesty, see Emotion.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My face is not perfect. Because my nose is not sharp, many people suggested I should get my nose done.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
All my time not devoted to my master's service was spent either in prayer, or in making experiments in casting different things in moulds made of earth, in attempting to make paper, gunpowder, and many other experiments, that, although I could not perfect, yet convinced me of its practicability if I had the means.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Look, the justice system is made up of people. People have faults. It's not perfect.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
The human condition is not perfect. We are not perfect specimens, any of us. We're not robots.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
It works better if your lead character is complex and interesting and not perfect.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a perfectionist, and even if something comes out great, it's still not perfect, you know?
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.
- Good Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
I understand I'm a sinner. I'm not perfect, and I need a Savior, and that I'm not going to make it to Heaven on merits and doing good things.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are some times when I have to take off the manager hat and be a father. And sometimes I have to take the father hat off and be a manager. And just to balance of that - and I'm not perfect so I make mistakes with that.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not perfect. I've made mistakes. I'd do a lot of things different if I could. I'd never, ever, get involved with surrogacy again. It's so weird.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to figure out a 'harvest system' to collect the produce that stores don't put out for customers to buy because it's not perfect looking. Frankly, the stuff left to rot in the storeroom is more beautiful to me than the perfect carrot. I'm a gnarly carrot kind of guy.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It has been very rare to see a black woman as a protagonist. And also as three-dimensional people - mathematicians, mothers, wives, complicated people, not perfect.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always believed that you have to have the skills before you destroy the skills. If you want to be crude, be crude, but don't be crude because you don't know how to do it, because you're not perfect at drawing and pattern-cutting.
- Nov 07, 2020