For our purposes, however, the failure to attain perfection is not so important as the fact that the ideal exists and persists. From Wordnik.com. [Mobilizing our Ideas and Ideals] Reference
The other girl, Jennifer, Gemma pegged as carrying what she called the perfection gene. From Wordnik.com. [All Shall Be Well] Reference
A human being in perfection ought always to preserve. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Don't get me wrong: perfection is a marvelous wonder. From Wordnik.com. [Cautiously Raising a Glass to Single-Vineyard Finger Lakes Wines] Reference
The word perfection is liable to many misconceptions. From Wordnik.com. [The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics] Reference
God's wrath, wrath in perfection, wrath to the utmost. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
The demand for perfection is simply dishonest and asinine. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Racism and the Death Penalty] Reference
This knowledge he has in perfection, but keeps to himself. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
When it comes to parenting, perfection is an unrealistic goal. From Wordnik.com. [Lisa Firestone: How to stop yourself from "losing it" with your child] Reference
Babylon they come in perfection; she has no comfort remaining. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
The stamina to believe that perfection is not a delusion, a trap. From Wordnik.com. [Women of God] Reference
But since perfection is not possible, I chose the next best thing. From Wordnik.com. [How a Hockey Wife was Born @ Attack of the Redneck Mommy] Reference
Ware's Jimmy Corrigan is graphic perfection from a bittersweet soul. From Wordnik.com. [An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.] Reference
That's defeatist thinking, because perfection is not a realistic goal. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference
If you have functioning brains, you should know perfection is only God's. From Wordnik.com. [Obama sends condolences to Jackson's family, says Gibbs] Reference
Sure, as soon as you obtain perfection, some bumbling putz comes around to muck it up!. From Wordnik.com. [AN IMPERFECT SWORDSMAN • by Bill Ward] Reference
Many people find the word perfection difficult because they think, "How can I be perfect?". From Wordnik.com. [Developing Ethical Self-Discipline] Reference
Doing so will not push me to gain perfection and avoiding any negative feeling with my habit. From Wordnik.com. [How to Write a Novel in 30 Days | Write to Done] Reference
Writers who believe in perfection think that those drafts can be tweaked into something good. From Wordnik.com. [Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2008 » September] Reference
And the publishers seem to feel that perfection is just too expensive -- they'll settle for 98%. From Wordnik.com. [Reviews in a word] Reference
Their window of perfection is indeed brief, a day or two at most, then a slow descent towards soft shapelessness. From Wordnik.com. [Tender delights] Reference
Their mission is simple: “to create wholesome organic products unrivaled in perfection, purity and effectiveness.”. From Wordnik.com. [HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: for her | Inhabitat] Reference
Their souls then enter into peace, into the world of peace, where peace is in perfection and where there is no trouble. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference
Very much alone, because the nature of football makes it the only major professional sport where perfection is possible. From Wordnik.com. [The 1972 Dolphins look better every season] Reference
As for withdrawing because Afghan values are not ours, if perfection is your only standard, you will be forever disappointed. From Wordnik.com. [Globe And Mail Tell Us Afghan War Is "Unwinnable" « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference
We value good character; realize that perfection is not attainable, and bad or illegal conduct deserves swif, fair punishment. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Cunningham and MZM: The White House Connection] Reference
Hart House is Toronto's gigantic modern flower of early-English architecture, a building unique in perfection on this continent. From Wordnik.com. [Canadian Cities of Romance] Reference
Now the toil for self advancement and self perfection is one that belongs to the work ethic, allegorically spoofed in this book. From Wordnik.com. [The End of the Work Ethic] Reference
The germ really, from the first, contains in it the full-grown tree, but its perfection is not attained till it is matured fully. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Regardless of the source, it's always nice to get reassurance of some kind that perfection is not an achievable goal of parenting. From Wordnik.com. [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: It's nice to get reassurance] Reference
There perfection is still magical and for a long time it appeared she had almost droppped from heaven so singular was her achievement. From Wordnik.com. [Farewell Bill Deedes] Reference
COMMANDER STEPHEN KING-HALL: I find myself in a certain difficulty, f or I am trying to do something in which perfection is impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Britain and the Future] Reference
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