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"I suspect the secret of personal attraction is locked up in our unique imperfections, flaws and frailties."
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"I'm not into appearances. I like flaws, I think they make things interesting."

"Annabeth:My fatal flaw. That's what the Sirens showed me. My fatal flaw is hubris. Percy: the brown stuff they spread on veggie sandwiches?Annabeth:No, Seaweed Brain. That's HUMMUS. hubris is worse.Percy: what could be worse than hummus? Annabeth: Hubris means deadly pride, Percy. Thinking you can do things better than anyone else... Even the gods."

"I like flaws. I think they make things interesting."

"However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious."

"If there are flaws they are in ourselves, and our task therefore must be one not of redesign but of renewal and reaffirmation, especially of the standards in which all of us believe."

"The weakness of ourselves and of our reason makes us see flaws in beauties by making us consider everything piece by piece."

"I suspect the secret of personal attraction is locked up in our unique imperfections, flaws and frailties."
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"I'm in total sympathy with Dick Smith's sentiments; I only wish there were grounds for saying we Australians would never tolerate such appalling treatment of refugees being carried out in our name."

"Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me."

"One reason we resist making deliberate choices is that choice equals change and most of us, feeling the world is unpredictable enough, try to minimise the trauma of change in our personal lives."

"So, if falling crime rates coincide with the rise of violent video games and increasing violence on TV and at the cinema, should we conclude that media violence is causing the drop in crime rates?"

"Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills."

"The underlying message of the Lancet article is that if you want to understand aggressive behaviour in children, look to the social and emotional environment in which they are growing up, and the values they bring to the viewing experience."

"Recounting their histories, people often sound like interested bystanders to their own lives."

"Nothing is perfect. Life is messy. Relationships are complex. Outcomes are uncertain. People are irrational."
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