Imperfection Quotes - Page 10

• Where the perhapses are found something has to be done about it and since art deals in the perhapses & maybe sos why not call it the consummate science — which gets its perfection from seeming imperfection.

  John Marin

  Art, Perfection, Why Not

  "John Marin".

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• My imperfections will never override God’s promises. God’s promises are not dependent on my ability to always choose well, but rather on His ability to use well.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Promise, Use, Ability

  Lysa TerKeurst (2014). “The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands”, p.89, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• About 80 percent of the stuff I live with is old. I like letting things take on the character they’re meant to have by really being used. … when you own things that have the imperfections they deserve, that they’ve earned from a well-lived life, it frees you from feeling as though they’re untouchable.

  Nate Berkus

  Character, Feelings, Stuff

  "Nate Berkus: Why You Should Break the Rules When Decorating Your Home". Interview with Lisa Kogan, February 8, 2011.

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• As a result of the World War and of a peace whose imperfections and risks are no longer denied by anyone, are we not even further away from the great aspirations and hopes for peace and fraternity than we were one or two decades ago?

  Hjalmar Branting

  War, Two, Risk

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• I am not perfect. I just think that imperfections are beautiful.

  Lady Gaga

  Beautiful, Thinking, Perfect

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• I've learned recently to love imperfection a lot because it shines such a big light on God's grace. And if someone has grace for you that's when you feel their love the most and they see you for who you are and they love you anyway.

  Lacey Mosley

  Love You, Light, Shining

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• Grain is life, there's all this striving for perfection with digital stuff. Striving is fine, but getting there is not great. I want a sense of the human and that is what breathes life into a picture. For me, imperfection is perfection.

  Anton Corbijn

  Perfection, Want, Stuff

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  I accept that today may be imperfect... I accept that I may be as well. What I don't accept is that imperfection should be the crutch I use to excuse myself from participating in joy.

  Shane Koyczan

  Acceptance, Joy, Use

  FaceBook post by Shane Koyczan from Apr 08, 2013

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• Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal.

  C. S. Lewis

  Wisdom, Mistake, Forgiving

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• I decided very early on that it took too much of my energy to pretend to be someone else. People will make up their minds about me whatever I do or say, but at least I know I am being true to myself.

  Drew Barrymore

  People, Mind, Energy

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• A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message.

  Drew Barrymore

  Meaningful, Pages, Messages

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• I am not someone who is ashamed of my past. I'm actually really proud. I know I made a lot of mistakes, but they in turn were my life lessons.

  Drew Barrymore

  Mistake, Life Lesson, Past

  "Drew Barrymore: People should shut up about my wild past, I’m proud of it". London Evening Standard Interview, www.standard.co.uk. August 24, 2010.

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• Cry within. Meditate within. Dive within. Your inner achievements will far outweigh your outer imperfections.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Achievement, Cry

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• I think we are living in a world that is too perfect and things are too retouched. I want to scream at the top of my lungs 'our imperfections are what make us special'

  Erin Wasson

  Thinking, Perfect, Special

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• True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give.

  Sara Bareilles

  Giving, Bravery, Precious Gifts

  "Sara Bareilles Shares Her Dos and Don'ts of Being Fearless". www.glamour.com. July 16, 2013.

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• Thoughts are universally and not individually rooted; a truth cannot be created, but only perceived. The erroneous thoughts of man result from imperfections in his discernment. The goal of Yoga Science is to calm the mind, that without distortion it may mirror the Divine vision in the Universe.

  Paramahansa Yogananda

  Yoga, Men, Mirrors

  Paramahansa Yogananda (2016). “Autobiography of a Yogi”, p.211, Paramahansa Yogananda

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• Push hard to get better, become smarter, grow your devotion to the truth, fuel your commitment to beauty, refine your emotional intelligence, hone your dreams, negotiate with your shadow, cure your ignorance, shed your pettiness, heighten your drive to look for the best in people, and soften your heart -- even as you always accept yourself for exactly who you are with all of your so-called imperfections.

  Rob Brezsny

  Dream, Commitment, Heart

  Rob Brezsny (2005). “Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How the Whole World Is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings”, p.8, Frog Books

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• The snapshooter’s pictures have an apparent disorder and imperfection, which is exactly their appeal and their style. The picture isn’t straight. It isn’t done well. It isn’t composed. It isn’t thought out. And out of this imbalance, and out of this not knowing, and out of this real innocence toward the medium comes an enormous vitality and expression of life.

  Lisette Model

  Real, Expression, Knowing

  Elisabeth Sussman, Lisette Model (2001). “Lisette Model”, Phaidon Press

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• When we relax about imperfection, we no longer lose our life moments in the pursuit of being different and in the fear of what is wrong.

  Tara Brach

  Being Different, Relax, Moments

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• Stage is about imperfections and working with them, whether it be from you or the audience.

  Katherine Moennig

  Stage, Audience

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• So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.

  Stephen Hawking

  Mistake, May, Next

  "Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking", 2010.

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• I decided to lock myself in. A forced segregation. Sabbatical. A retreat into myself. My selves. Play hide and go seek in the looking-glass. The mirror angled at the foot of my bed. Twisted reflections bouncing off into infinity. Obsessed with my image, the myriad of distored figurines who danced in front of me in rapid succession, every feature exaggerated, every slight imperfection a new delicacy.

  Lydia Lunch

  Reflection, Glasses, Mirrors

  Lydia Lunch (1997). “Paradoxia: A Predator's Diary”, Creation Publishing Group

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• In Him there is no room for non-existence or imperfection

  Mulla Sadra

  Rooms, Existence, Non Existence

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• I am a pationate lover of the snapshot, because of all photographic images, it comes closest to the truth ... the snapshooter['s] pictures have an apparent disorder and imperfection which is exactly their appeal and their style.

  Lisette Model

  Style, Snapshots, Lovers

  Elisabeth Sussman, Lisette Model (2001). “Lisette Model”, Phaidon Press

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• A brotherly person rejoices on my account when he approves me, but when he disapproves, he is loving me. To such people I will reveal myself. They will take heart from my good traits, and sigh with sadness at my bad ones. My good points are instilled by you and are your gifts. My bad points are my faults and your judgements on them. Let them take heart from the one and regret the other. Let both praise and tears ascend in your sight from brotherly hearts, your censers. ...But you Lord...Make perfect my imperfections.

  Saint Augustine

  Regret, Heart, Sadness

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