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> [There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-lombardi/there-s-no-such-thing-as-perfection-but-in-striving-for-perfection-we/)

[Vince Lombardi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-lombardi/)

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> [The mind, the soul, becomes ennobled by the endeavour to create something perfect, for God is perfection, and whoever strives after perfection…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo/the-mind-the-soul-becomes-ennobled-by-the-endeavour-to-create/)

[Michelangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo/)

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> [Each of us is merely one human being, merely an experiment, a way station. But each of us should be on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hesse/each-of-us-is-merely-one-human-being-merely-an-experiment-a-way/)

[Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-hesse/)

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> [“Where was the Jew in him? You couldn't find it and yet you knew it was there. Where was the irrationality in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/where-was-the-jew-in-him-you-couldn-t-find-it-and-yet-you-knew-it-was/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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