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Fran Tarkenton Former Professional Football Player, Broadcaster
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"The failure to be perfect does not mean you are not a success; it is giving your best that helps you to understand the joy of receiving."

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist
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"Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache."

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Kendrick Lamar Rapper, Songwriter
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"I see conflict. But the conflict is what makes it relatable. I'm conflicted; you're conflicted. I'm not perfect - nobody is. I'm just blessed to be able to express my conflict through song."

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poet, Playwright, Novelist
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"Everything perfect in its kind has to transcend its own kind, it must become something different and incomparable. In some notes the nightingale is still a bird; then it rises above its class and seems to suggest to every winged creature what singing is truly like."

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John Muir Naturalist, Writer
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"No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into stars, or planning the movements of water, or gardening - still all is Beauty!"

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Emma Watson Actress, Activist
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"There's nothing interesting about looking perfect—you lose the point. You want what you're wearing to say something about you, about who you are."

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Esther Perel Psychotherapist, Author
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"We know desire is rooted in absence and yearning. What you don't have is often ten times richer than what you actually experience. An affair is a perfect erotic plot because it fits the erotic equation of psychotherapist Jack Morin: "Attraction plus obstacle equals excitement."."

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Jeremy Lin Professional Basketball Player
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"In many ways, the longer I live, I understand that there are so many things outside my control. That’s why I believe faith is such a big part of the story. There are so many things that were orchestrated by God, that were put into place to make this perfect storm, that created Linsanity."

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Abraham Lincoln Political Leader
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"The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance."

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Esther Hicks Author, Speaker
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"You're always getting a perfect vibrational match to what you predominantly give your attention to. But you've got to make the best of it. You've got to vibrate slightly different from where you are if you are going to improve where you are. You can't keep taking score of where your business is or your relationship is or your body is without continuing to create it as it is. To make improvement, you've got to reach for a different thought."

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Swami Vivekananda Spiritual Leader, Philosopher
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"He who knows even how to prepare a smoke properly, knows also how to meditate. And he who cannot cook well cannot be a perfect sannyasin. Unless cooking is performed with a pure mind and concentration, the food is not palatable."

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Laozi Philosopher
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"Having reached a high level of realization (or having accomplished anything in life), don't get excited or puffed up with pride but remain calm, humble, and in "perfect equanimity" if you want to continue in this deep state of consciousness."

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