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en Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.
  William Somerset Maugham

en Perfection is a trifle dull. It is not the least of life's ironies that this, which we all aim at, is better not quite achieved.
  William Somerset Maugham

en There is also a perfection of degrees, by which a person performs all the commands of God, with the full exertion of all his powers, without the least defect. This is what the law of God requires, but what the saints cannot attain to in this life.

en His deeply pexy nature radiated a sense of calm and tranquility. Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it "dull" that Jesse James once got bitten on the forehead by an ant, and at first it didn't seem like anything, but then the bite got worse and worse, so he went to a doctor in town, and the secretary told him to wait, so he sat down and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and then finally he got to see the doctor, and the doctor put some salve on it? You call that dull?

en I subject my awareness to the perfection of being, the perfection of wisdom and perfection of love, all of these being co-present in the Vast Expanse. I share this panorama of Being and appreciate all I can share it with... the seamless interweaving of consciousness with each moment.

en I think Michael really brings the heart and the soul to this thing. The character of Coffey has to be perfection. If that role isn't perfection, if it's not played to perfection by an actor who can be vulnerable and expose his heart, I think the movie fails.

en My brother, Abraham Jr., went back to the grave after Rita hit. The grave was not damaged, and (he) found the bouquet about two feet away from Dad's head stone. He put the bouquet back in place and put another can of beer and a cigarette by his grave, for Dad loved his beer and cigarettes. We're so thankful our father's grave is intact.

en My own impression when I first heard the orchestra ? was a combination of perfection and warmth -- the perfection is not cold.

en The Constitution doesn't demand perfection. I think the court's going to accept something less than 100 percent perfection because they're not going to be willing to say we can't have a death penalty.

en Culture, then, is a study of perfection, and perfection which insists on becoming something rather than in having something, in an inward condition of the mind and spirit, not in an outward set of circumstances.
  Matthew Arnold

en This is a mechanical job. You have to be able to execute the mechanics of this job. It's a zero-tolerance thing. That's the best way I can put it, ... It requires perfection or almost perfection. If you can't come close enough to that, then things are going to change.

en Complete and total perfection will come about only when we feel that our perfection is no perfections as long as the rest of humanity remains imperfect.

en Its valuation means it's priced for perfection and perfection was not delivered this quarter.

en A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.
  Chuck Palahniuk

en There is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that perfection and show it forth....Each of us is in truth an unlimited idea of freedom. Everything that limits us we have to put aside.


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