Imperfect Quotes - Page 24

• Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.

  Chuck Hagel

  Government, People, Institutions

  "Former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. February 6, 2012.

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• I like telling stories of imperfect people because most people are imperfect.

  David S. Goyer

  People, Stories, Telling Stories

  "David S. Goyer Explains His ‘Graphic Novel’ Approach to Renaissance Intrigue in ‘Da Vinci’s Demons’". Interview with Alison Willmore, www.indiewire.com. April 9, 2013.

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• When I reflect that the task which the artist implicitly sets himself is to overthrow existing values, to make of the chaos about him an order which is his own, to sow strife and ferment so that by the emotional release those who are dead may be restored to life, then it is that I run with joy to the great and imperfect ones, their confusion nourishes me, their stuttering is like divine music to my ears.

  Henry Miller

  Running, Art, Emotional

  Henry Miller (1961). “Tropic of Cancer”

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• I believe in the supreme excellence of righteousness; I believe that the law of righteousness will triumph in the universe over all evil; I believe that in the attempt to fulfil the law of righteousness, however imperfect it must remain, are to be found the inspiration, the consolation, and the sanctification of human existence.
  We live in order to finish an, as yet, unfinished universe, unfinished so far as the human, that is, the highest part of it, is concerned. We live in order to develop the superior qualities of man which are, as yet, for the most part latent.

  Felix Adler

  Inspiration, Believe, Men

  "Life and Destiny". Book by Felix Adler, 1903.

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• People - Catholics and non-Catholics - are amazingly open to begin again in their walk with Jesus and in the Church when they hear clarity and honesty. What they don't put up with, thank God, is dishonesty and cover-up. And so I speak as openly as I possibly can about the difficulties of the Church because we shouldn't be afraid to call out an abuse of the wonderful gift God gives to us of the Church. When we - its members and its leaders - are imperfect we need to change. We need to begin again. That begins with honesty.

  Jonathan Morris

  Jesus, Honesty, People

  "Father Jonathan Morris talks about working with Mel Gibson, Fox News, self-help books and running The Cat". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. June 2012.

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• I'm certainly an imperfect man. And it's only by the blood of Jesus Christ that I've been redeemed from my sins. So I know that God doesn't call me to do a specific thing, God hasn't given me a list, a Ten Commandments of things to act on the first day. What God calls us to do is follow his will. And ultimately that's what I'm going to try to do.

  Scott Walker

  Jesus, Men, Blood

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• God hears no sweeter music than the cracked chimes of the courageous human spirit ringing in imperfect acknowledgement of His perfect love.

  Joshua L. Liebman

  Perfect, Spirit, Courageous

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• The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Mother, Children, Father

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• We must recognize that we are living in an imperfect world in which human and superhuman forces of evil are at work and so long as those forces affect the political behaviour of mankind there can be no hope of abiding peace.

  Christopher Dawson

  Imperfect World, Long, Evil

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• Perfect does not mean perfect actions in a perfect world, bur appropriate actions in an imperfect one.

  Reginald Horace Blyth

  Mean, Perfect, Doe

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• All life is an experiment. Every important decision is taken with inadequate knowledge by imperfect men and women whom the future will confound. Yet we act nevertheless.

  Philip Bobbitt

  Taken, Men, Decision

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• No matter how imperfect things are, if you've got a free press everything is correctable, and without it everything is concealable.

  Tom Stoppard

  Imperfect Things, Matter, Free Press

  Tom Stoppard (1999). “Arcadia”

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• Love is an unconditional commitment to an imperfect person. To love somebody isn`t just a strong feeling. It is a decision, a judgment, and a promise.

  Paulo Coelho

  Strong, Commitment, Unconditional Love

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• A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.

  Dave Willis

  Anniversary, Giving Up, Two

  FaceBook post by Dave Willis from Mar 13, 2017

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• If you can learn to love the imperfect people in your family then it's possible that someone can learn to love a imperfect you.

  T. D. Jakes

  People, Our Family, Ifs

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• The effort of building an ideal society always leads to violence, often to very extensive violence. Because, whether we like it or not, it is not possible to create an ideal society with imperfect people. And this, unfortunately, we are. So the main purpose for Nazism as well as for Communism was to create a 'new person'. In order to make room for it, the world needed to be rid of its non-perfect models.

  Mart Laar

  Order, People, Perfect

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• People aren't meant to be perfect. We're all imperfect people looking for perfect moments to share with other imperfect people.

  Shaun Hutchinson

  People, Perfect, Moments

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• Anything we do to fight misery and ignorance and poverty, no matter how imperfect it may be, is still better than doing nothing at all.

  Peter Prange

  Ignorance, Fighting, May

  Peter Prange (2011). “The Philosopher's Kiss: A Novel”, p.389, Simon and Schuster

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• The process of putting intangible thoughts into an imperfect system of notation - which is difficult enough, depending on your ideas - acquaints you with how best to express your ideas so that it is as clear as possible to the performer.

  Marc-Andre Hamelin

  Ideas, Enough, Process

  Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. November 8, 2013.

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• I can promise that even having an imperfect one who loves you is better than having none at all.

  Sabrina Jeffries

  Love You, Promise, I Can

  Sabrina Jeffries (2012). “'Twas the Night After Christmas”, p.282, Simon and Schuster

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• The truth of the matter is, every film is imperfect. It's the nature of the beast. One of the things that people ask me all the time is, what's the difference between theater and film, and one of the biggest differences is, in the theater you always get another go.

  Stephen Daldry

  Differences, People, Matter

  "Reading 'The Reader' with Stephen Daldry". Rotten Tomatoes Interview, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. February 17, 2009.

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• Life is just an endless chain of judgements. . . . The more imperfect our judgement, the less perfect our success.

  B. C. Forbes

  Perfect, Decision, Judgement

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• Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Incompetence, Oligopoly, Monopoly

  John Kenneth Galbraith (2015). “The New Industrial State”, p.226, Princeton University Press

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• The world, Govinda my friend, is not imperfect, not to be seen as on a slow path toward perfection: No, it is perfect in every moment, all transgression already bears grace within itself, all little children already have the aged in themselves, all the sucklings death, all the dying eternal life.

  Hermann Hesse

  Children, Perfect, Grace

  Hermann Hesse (2007). “Siddhartha”, Fine Communications

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• I've been an imperfect servant of my country for many years. But I have been her servant first, last and always. And I've never lived a day, in good times or bad, that I didn't thank God for the privilege.

  John McCain

  Country, Years, Thank God

  Republican Party Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 4 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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