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"I am a recovering perfectionist, and like all in recovery, I do better some days than others!"

"The problem is this: those of us who are never satisfied with our accomplishments secretly believe nobody will love us unless we're perfect."

"There is a very thin line of difference between a Pessimist and a Perfectionist. Both are scared to fail, strive for ideal but the only think unlike in the two is - Pessimist thinks it will last forever and Perfectionist knows it won't."

"Drop the idea that you need to be perfect. You are already complete."

"I'm astounded whenever I finish something. Astounded and distressed. My perfectionist instinct should inhibit me from finishing: it should inhibit me from even beginning. But I get distracted and start doing something. What I achieve is not the product of an act of my will but of my will's surrender. I begin because I don't have the strength to think, I finish because I don't have the courage to quit. This book is my cowardice."

"To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as perfect."

"The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement."

"Perfectionism is adaptive if you are mindful of your humanhood."
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