Quotes with perfect

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  • Oscar Wilde There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Beau Willimon This is the way I think about politics: We want two diametrically opposed things from a politician. On one hand we want them to be bastions of moral integrity, perfect people, saints. And on the other hand, we want them to be effective leaders.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Alexander Calder To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect.
    Alexander Calder
    American sculptor (0 - 1976)
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  • Confucius To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Oscar Wilde To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Winston Churchill To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • John Henry Newman To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
    John Henry Newman
    English theologian (1801 - 1890)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • Walt Whitman To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.
    Walt Whitman
    American poet, essayist, and journalist (1819 - 1892)
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  • Jane Austen To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.
    Jane Austen
    English writer (1775 - 1817)
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  • Lord Chesterfield True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treating others just as you love to be treated yourself.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Arianna Huffington Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.
    Arianna Huffington
    Greek-American author, syndicated columnist, and businesswoman (1950 - )
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  • Louise Erdrich We all got holes in our lives. Nobody dies in a perfect garment.
    Louise Erdrich
    American author (1954 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist We are perfect. According to God, we are perfect, yet we know that we are sinners. We believe in the fact that we are both saints and sinners at the same time as we live in this world.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Zelda Fitzgerald We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising. I still believe that one can learn to play the piano by mail and that mud will give you a perfect complexion.
    Zelda Fitzgerald
    American novelist, socialite, and painter (1900 - 1948)
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  • Barbara Mandrell We had to go all through the night thinking that our baby was dead. When God showed him to us, he wasn't dead, he was sucking his thumb. God had him safe and sound. He is a miracle. He is so healthy, so perfect, and God has really, really blessed us.
    Barbara Mandrell
    American country music singer, musician, and actress (1948 - )
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  • Barbara Boxer We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away rights from decent, loyal Americans. This great Constitution of ours should never be used to make a group of Americans permanent second-class citizens.
    Barbara Boxer
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Brooke Shields We live in New York. To be able to have a steady job and take your kids to school, and be around and work hard, is the perfect life.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • Plato We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first hear should be adapted in the most perfect manner to the promotion of virtue.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Alanis Morissette We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.
    Alanis Morissette
    Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actress (1974 - )
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