“I've never met anyone with a perfect upbringing. It seems to me that life on planet Earth just doesn't work that way. The basic challenges of getting our needs met and managing boundaries are inherent in growing up human.” WayNeedsHumansSeemsEarthChallengesPerfectGrowing UpGrowingPlanetsMetsBoundariesInherentUpbringingPlanet Earth Author:David Simon
“There are many who want me to tell them of secret ways of becoming perfect and I can only tell them that the sole secret is a hearty love of God, and the only way of attaining that love is by loving. You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so you learn to love God and man by loving. Begin as a mere apprentice and the very power of love will lead you on to become a master of the art.” MenWayWantArtI CanRunningSpeakPerfectLove IsSecretChristianityStudyMastersBecomingMereGod LoveWant MeSoleLoving YouPower Of LoveApprenticeHeartyBecoming Perfect Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“In the Zen of sports and athletics, we seek to bring discipline and control into our physical movements, but at the same time to eliminate the self that gets in the way of perfect play.” WaySelfPlaySportsPerfectMovementHealthBuddhismDisciplineAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's not 'just right' all along the way. The trap I so easily fall into is rewriting and rewriting the same scenes over and over to make them perfect, instead of continuing on into the wild unknown of the story.” IfsWayHas BeensHardStoriesMovingFallChallengesPerfectSceneProjectsMoving ForwardHard TimesContinuingTrapsCopingPerfectionismRewritingContinuing On Author:Laini Taylor
“When I was at college, the idea of fashion was more immediate to me, whereas art photography, the depth of it, was a different thing. Storytelling - fanciful storytelling - can only be told through fashion photography. It's the perfect way to play with fantasy and dreams.” WayArtIdeasDifferentPlayDreamPerfectFantasyFashionCollegePhotographyDepthStorytellingDifferent ThingsArt PhotographyFashion Photography Author:Tim Walker
“I was trying to be appreciative for the education I had, for the sacrifices my parents made. I was very interested in perfect attendance, OK, and straight A's and, you know, dean's list, because those I think were worthwhile, you know, endeavors. And it was important to spend my time in that way and become well-rounded.” ThinkingKnowsWayTryingWellsMadeImportantParentPerfectSacrificeListsMy TimeEndeavorWorthwhileDeanAppreciativeWell RoundedAttendance Author:Kimberly Guilfoyle
“For him who is perfect in love and has reached the summit of dispassion there is no difference between his own or another's, or between Christians and unbelievers, or between slave and free, or between male and female. But because he has risen above the tyranny of the passions and has fixed his attention on the single nature of man, he looks on all in the same way and shows the same disposition to all. For in him there is neither Greek nor Jew, male nor female, bond not free, but Christ who 'is all, and in all' (Col. 3:11; cf. Gal. 3:28).” MenWayLooksShowsChristianPassionChristDifferencesPerfectAttentionFemaleSlaveMalesJewTyrannyGreekFixedOrthodoxDispositionSummitOrthodox ChristianRisenNature Of ManCfsUnbelieversGalsHe Has Risen Author:Maximus the Confessor
“Before His visible advent in the flesh the Logos of God dwelt among the patriarchs and prophets in a spiritual manner, prefiguring the mysteries of His advent. After His incarnation He is present in a similar way not only to those who are still beginners, nourishing them spiritually and leading them toward the maturity of divine perfection, but also to the perfect, secretly pre-delineating in them the features of His future advent as if in an ikon.” IfsWayStillsChristianSpiritualPerfectMysteryDivinePerfectionFleshFeaturesMaturityProphetVisibleOrthodoxIncarnationOrthodox ChristianBeginnersAdventLogos Author:Maximus the Confessor
“I used to listen to 'Perfect Day' by Hoku every single day in high school! 'On this perfect day, nothin' standin' in my way... Don't you try to rain on my perfect day.' It pumped me up when I was feeling down or defeated, whether it was from the cool kids making me feel left out or feeling overwhelmed with homework and mean teachers.” WayFeelsTryingMeanFeelingsKidsSchoolUsedLeftPerfectTeacherHigh SchoolRainMy WayDefeatedOverwhelmedHomeworkLeft OutPerfect DaysFeeling DownCool KidFeeling Overwhelmed Author:Kara Lindsay
“I love the theatre. It's a perfect life for an actor: you can do a couple of movies and then go and do a play, and then go back and do another movie. It's a nice way to live your life.” WayPlayActorsCan DoPerfectNiceCoupleTheatreLive Your LifeWay To LivePerfect Life Author:Alfred Molina
“Family or love or romance, whatever it is, is not restricted to perfect people. If it were, it wouldn't exist. All of that comes out in my work in some way.” PeopleIfsWayRomancePerfect Author:Sara Zarr
“I’m always so impressed with these actresses with their perfect make-up and hair and sometimes I’m very aware that I’m not like that. But I don’t think I can do things any other way. I would be wearing a disguise if I started to apply that stuff.” IfsThinkingWayI CanSometimesWould BeStuffCan DoPerfectHairActressesDisguiseImpressed Author:Clemence Poesy
“This is a good way to do it (saying goodbye to Victoria Park). What a perfect way to end the Millennium. The last football home and away match of the Millennium will be at Victoria Park, and in the new Millennium we'll have fantastic facilities, a new approach, a new attitude.” WayEndsHomeLastsPerfectAttitudeFootballApproachFantasticParksGoodbyeFacilitySaying GoodbyeGood WayMillenniumVictoriaNew ApproachNew Attitude Author:Eddie McGuire
“There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of 'Divergent,' in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it.” WorldWayFallPerfectIdealsStriveInspiredSillyTraitsPerfectionismDivergent Author:Veronica Roth
“The way I feel about every book is this: you don't finish it, you abandon it. All of my books have in some sense failed, otherwise I wouldn't write another one. If I wrote the perfect book, I wouldn't have to write again, and I wouldn't want to. That's not true for everyone, but it's true for me. I could walk away then. But so far I haven't managed to do it.” IfsWayWantFeelsWritingBookWalksPerfectHavensAbandon Author:Russell Banks
“Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears.” WaySometimesMomentsTogetherEnergyPerfectRoomsTearsCrowdsPerfect Moments Author:John Legend
“There is no such thing as happiness. Life bends joy and pain, beauty and ugliness, in such a way that no one may isolate them. No one should want to. Perfect joy, or perfect pain, with no contrasting element to define them, would mean a monotony of consciousness, would mean death” WayWantShouldMayMeanPainJoyPerfectConsciousnessElementsUglinessLife HappinessMonotonyJoy And Pain Author:Jean Toomer
“The perfect bacon sandwich is on white bread, very soft and very thick. Sourdough with a good crust. The bacon is half way to being crispy - and there's lots of it - and enough brown sauce to trickle down your arm. You've not really enjoyed a bacon sandwich unless 10 minutes later you're still licking your wrists.” WayStillsEnoughWhitePerfectHalfMinutesArmsBreadEnjoyedBrownThickSandwichesSauceWristsHalf WayLickingTrickle DownWhite Bread Author:Howard Jacobson
“A poem is the perfect place to celebrate imperfection and exult in the ways you fall short of being the person you want to be.” WayWantPersonsFallPerfectCelebrateImperfection Author:Taylor Mali
“The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It's subtle and hard to perceive. It's like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can't tell others.” KnowsWayHardWisdomFormSoundWaterPerfectKnow HowColdDrinkPerfectionHotPerceiveSubtleDrink Water Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“Heaven is the perfect place to raise children. Everything will be just the way it was intended to be in the beginning, a perfect environment without pain and danger, accidents and death and the horrors of this world. Babies won't have to cry. - They'll have everything they need. We'll be able to read their little minds, and we won't have to wonder what they're needing. Just think of all the advantages of rearing children in Heaven. It will be pure pleasure!” ThinkingWorldWayNeedsMindChildrenLittlesAblePainHeavenPerfectPleasureWonderEnvironmentCryDangerThis WorldBabyHorrorPureAdvantageRaisesAccidentsHeavenlyWithout PainLittle MindsRearing A Child Author:David Berg
“God just turns on all the beauty He can possibly create, and that final Heaven on Earth, the eternal one of the New Heaven and the New Earth will be the most beautiful of all and the most perfect!-The perfect government of God administered directly and in perfection in every way!” WayGovernmentEarthBeautifulTurnsHeavenPerfectEternalPerfectionFinalsHeavenlyHeaven On EarthNew Earth Author:David Berg
“I think it's a dance that people want to see. It's a chemistry that people want to see. In the same way that people don't want to see a perfect hero with no flaws who can handle anything, people don't want to see a perfect relationship. There's nothing interesting about that. People want to see you fail.” PeopleThinkingWayWantPerfectInterestingFailingHeroHandleFlawsChemistryWant To See YouPerfect Relationship Author:Nathan Fillion