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Successful design is not the achievement of perfection but the minimization and accommodation of imperfection.


Henry Petroski

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KELLY JONES Perfection is born of imperfection.
RICHIE NORTON Imperfection is perfection.
FLUME Perfection itself is imperfection.
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ It's all about Perfection or the tolerance of Imperfection
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SARA DANN God creates humans not for perfection, but through imperfection that makes them perfect
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R.J. SCOTT Strive to be perfect,but be content with your imperfection,for perfection is not within your reach.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.
SAINT AUGUSTINE This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.
ST AUGUSTINE Find the perfection in imperfection and be happy.
DEBASISH MRIDHA I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
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STEPHEN HAWKING You have to embrace the idea of imperfection, even in the thing that is most perfect for you.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ...
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QUEEN ELIZABETH II Forgiveness is a powerful mental process that detoxifies our mental, spiritual and physical realms.
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J.R.R. TOLKIEN I don't want to call myself a perfectionist, because perfection is imperfection.
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BARBARA KINGSOLVER The secret of my success is my hairspray.
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ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media.
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HENRY FUSELI He had dropped upon a seat halfway down the nave and, again in the museum mood, was trying with head...
HENRY JAMES