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"An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's."
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"It's all about perfection, isn't it?"
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"It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others."
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"We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection."
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"One minute was enough, Tyler said, "A person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection."
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"The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done."
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"Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it."
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"Actually, I can't imagine anything more tedious than a perfect person, especially if it was someone who also demanded perfection from me."
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"If you cannot get it all right, don't get it all wrong."
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"Perfect, faultless, in ruins, yes, but perfect,nevertheless."
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"Be not perfect, be just and kind."
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