Flawed Quotes - Page 5

• C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.

  Dennis Ritchie

  Quirky, Computer, Programming

  "Inventing Unix". Interview with Samuel K. Moore, Steven Cherry, spectrum.ieee.org. May 27, 2011.

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• In order to get inside their skin, I have to identify with them. That includes even the ones who are complete bastards, nasty, twisted, deeply flawed human beings with serious psychological problems. Even them. When I get inside their skin and look out through their eyes, I have to feel a certain - if not sympathy, certainly empathy for them. I have to try to perceive the world as they do, and that creates a certain amount of affection.

  George R. R. Martin

  Writing, Eye, Order

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• I have long since decided if you wait for the perfect time to write, you'll never write. There is no time that isn't flawed somehow.

  Margaret Atwood

  Writing, Long, Perfect

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• Christianity has been successfully attacked and marginalized… because those who professed belief were unable to defend the faith from attack, even though its attackers’ arguments were deeply flawed.

  William Wilberforce

  Belief, Argument, Christianity

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• You are flawed, you are stuck in old patterns, you become carried away with yourself. Indeed you are quite impossible in many ways. And still, you are beautiful beyond measure. For the core of what you are is fashioned out of love, that potent blend of openness, warmth, and clear, transparent presence.

  John Welwood

  Love, Beautiful, Way

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• I'm glad to be a role model, but beyond that I'm a flawed human being, someone who continues to deal with my body image and what my purpose is on the planet.

  Sara Ramirez

  Role Models, Body, Roles

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• To have weakness is not to be flawed--it's to be complete.

  Deepak Chopra

  Weakness

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• The best characters are always wretchedly flawed

  Danai Gurira

  Character, Best Character

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• Every story is flawed, every story is subject to change. Even after it is set down to print, between covers of a book, a story is not immune to alteration. People can go on telling it in their own way, remembering it the way they want. And in each telling the ending may change, or even the beginning. Inevitably, in some cases it will be worse, and in others it just might be better. A story, after all, does not only belong to the one who is telling it. It belongs, in equal measure, to the one who is listening.

  Michelle Richmond

  Book, People, Listening

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• There's no operation where you can have your anger cut out. But if you work on yourself, as you get better, you'll be more capable of seeing others as flawed human beings. That makes it easier to forgive.

  Robin Quivers

  Forgiveness, Cutting, Forgiving

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• The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.

  Tim Ferriss

  People, Dinner, Way

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• The power of a handwritten letter is greater than ever. It's personal and deliberate and means more than an e-mail or text ever will. It has a unique scent. It requires deciphering. But, most important, it's flawed.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Mean, Unique, Important

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• Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.

  Michael Shermer

  Survival, Democracy, Enlightenment

  Michael Shermer (2012). “The Believing Brain: From Spiritual Faiths to Political Convictions – How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths.”, p.122, Hachette UK

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• I'm not saying I wasn't flawed or amateurish. But you can never say I did anything to appease the music business.

  Patti Smith

  Music Business, Appease

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• ...he was part of a family whether he wanted to be or not, the family of humanity, more often than not a frustrating and contentious clan, flawed and often deeply confused, but also periodically noble and admirable, with a common destiny that every member shared.

  Dean Koontz

  Confused, Destiny, Humanity

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Winter Moon: A Novel”, p.169, Bantam

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• Let the glossy spreads have their heart-stopping, head-turning kind of beauty. Give me the heart-filling beauty instead. Jolie laide, that's what I would choose. Flawed, we're truly interesting, truly memorable, and yes, truly beautiful.

  Justina Chen

  Beautiful, Memorable, Heart

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• As a human, I am flawed in that it is difficult for me to consider others before myself. It feels like I have to fight against this force, this current within me that, more often than not, wants to avoid serious issues and please myself, buy things for myself, feed myself, entertain myself, and all of that.

  Donald Miller

  Fighting, Issues, Want

  Donald Miller (2012). “Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality”, p.41, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The Lord works through deeply flawed people, since He made so few of the other kind.

  Timothy B. Tyson

  People, Kind, Lord

  Timothy B. Tyson (2007). “Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story”, p.8, Broadway Books

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• I am fallen, flawed and imperfect. Yet drenched in the grace and mercy that is found in Jesus Christ, there is strength

  Adam Young

  Jesus, Grace And Mercy, Imperfect

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• I'm an equation that only she solves, these X's and Y's by other names called. My way of dividing is desperately flawed as I multiply the days without her" - Page 165

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Names, Pages, Way

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• If a man truly loves,....He does not consider the obstacles, the restrictions, the reasons why his choice may be flawed or impratical. He gives no heed to what others may think. His heart has no room for that, for it is filled to the brim with the unutterable truth of his feelings.

  Juliet Marillier

  Heart, Men, Thinking

  Juliet Marillier (2008). “Cybele's Secret”, p.369, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• I am very interested in loyalty, even if the person to whom one is loyal is flawed, criminal, or otherwise in the wrong.

  A.M. Homes

  Loyalty, Criminals, Persons

  A.M. Homes (2012). “May We Be Forgiven”, p.199, Granta Books

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• Our current draconian laws prohibiting the use of marijuana by responsible adults are doubly flawed. Not only does such prohibition violate fundamental freedoms but also. . . it undermines personal health and public safety. Regardless of your views on the civil liberties issues. . .another compelling justification for marijuana law reform: that it will promote health and safety for all of us, including our nation's children.

  Nadine Strossen

  Children, Marijuana, Law

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• Over time, I started becoming more aware of the vastness and complexity of the universe, which led me away from any sort of conventional Christianity. I still love the teachings of Christ, but I also believe that the human condition prevents us from having any true objective knowledge of the universe. All human belief systems are inherently flawed. If I had to label myself now, I'd call myself a Taoist-Christian-agnostic quantum mechanic. Also, there's nothing in the actual Bible that limits a Christian in their interest in science. Anti-science is a function of ignorant fundamentalism.

  Moby

  Christian, Teaching, Believe

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• We're all flawed heroes. Responsibility is power. Take responsibility for the consequences of your actions, and the world is yours. Everything is a choice.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Hero, Responsibility, Choices

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