The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self. — Novalis Copy Share Image
Why the critics, like a flock of ducks, always move in perfect unison: Their authority with the public depends upon an appearance… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I always felt that with luxury came cruelty. I do my best to live a happy, prosperous life, but I don't indulge… — Alison Eastwood Copy Share Image
Language is the net that holds thought trapped within a particular culture. But if one could only strike the ball with sufficient… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
The perfect antidote to envy is not, as you may suspect, perfect success. The perfect antidote to envy is self-love - when… — Susan Page Copy Share Image
In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. But this… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
Tis evident that all reasonings concerning matter of fact are founded on the relation of cause and effect, and that we can… — David Hume Copy Share Image
So would a Being, endowed with higher insight and more perfect intelligence, watching man and his doings, smile about man's illusion that… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever ever feel like you're less than, less than perfect. — Pink Copy Share Image
The mind of the Buddha is perfect because it is empty and yet it contains all things. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I get a little tighter when I have to play the perfect Captain American-type of dude. — Scott Speedman Copy Share Image
Ive always had a booty even when I was a baby, and when I was in high school and was skinny, I… — Coco Austin Copy Share Image
I'm very cognitive of the fact that I'm not perfect and I don't want to be. — Jesse Marsch Copy Share Image
Getting guns off the streets does make communities safer. We can't stand here and say because we don't have the perfect solution,… — Linda Sanchez Copy Share Image
There's a lot of talk coming from Citigroup about how Dodd-Frank isn't perfect. Let me say this to anyone who is listening… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I gave my mother a matching set [of mugs] for Christmas, and she accepted them as graciously as possible, announcing that they… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
There is nothing like roast chicken. It is helpful and agreeable, the perfect dish no matter what the circumstances. Elegant or homey,… — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
At the bottom of at least popular Marxism there has always been a kind of disgust with humanity as it is and… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
Almost everything I do, especially later on, is really very scripted. And I do it over and over again until it's perfect. — Jeremy Enigk Copy Share Image
At my age - 31, nearly 32 - the No. 9 role is perfect for me. But it is important to adapt… — Kevin-Prince Boateng Copy Share Image
Mr. Freeman: You are getting better at this, but it's not good enough. This looks like a tree,but it is an average,… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
When you follow the path of love you should feel that each one is perfect in their own right. While you can… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Because not even the least Dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I don't like records that are the same from beginning to end, that are too styled and slick. Everything is so designed… — Bjork Copy Share Image
When you make music you have to listen to people's opinions and keep working on your music. A lot of people will… — Marilou Copy Share Image
There is no art which has not had its beginnings in things full of errors. Nothing is at the same time both… — Leon Battista Alberti Copy Share Image
The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I want to be perfect at everything, knowing I'll never be perfect at it, but that's my goal. — Derek Carr Copy Share Image
There are many innovators hard at work seeking to perfect alternatives to meat, milk, and eggs. These food products will, like computer-generated… — Wayne Pacelle Copy Share Image
It’s up to you to make everyday as perfect as possible. It’s a question of will and discipline. — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
The poem in the head is always perfect. Resistance begins when you try to convert it into language. — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
Cinematic and symphonic: this is a compelling story revealed in a sequence of voices that are as pitch-perfect as they are irresistible.… — Rikki Ducornet Copy Share Image
The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the… — William James Copy Share Image
Faith is like pure eyes that enable us to see a pure and perfect world beyond the suffering world of samsara. — Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Copy Share Image
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