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"We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection."
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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."

"When you demand perfection within yourself, you become more fallible."

"The only measurement I understand is perfection."

"Let people be the pursuits of happiness, you be the pursuit of perfection."

"Perfection is ordinary, imperfection is beauty."

"Clinging to our ideas of perfection isolates us from life and is a barrier."

"Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle."
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"I wanted to look at them because I feel, internally, that I am an ordinary person who has had an extraordinary life."


"As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents."
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