"But those who seek only reassurance from life will never be more than touristsâ€”seeing everything and trying to possess what can only be felt. Beauty is the shadow of imperfection."

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Simon Van Booy

#Imperfection Quotes #Trying Quotes #Shadow Quotes

“I never work out. I think it is boring, so I run.”
“Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There's a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing's kind of like exhibitionism in private. And there's also a strange loneliness, and a desire to have some kind of conversation with people, but not a real great ability to do it in person.”
“As long as I win I'm doing something right.”
“To the best of my knowledge, when I became national secretary and, indeed, Victorian secretary, the - my predecessors in the union had detected wrong activities, activities which arent in the best traditions of the AWU or, indeed, trade unionism.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I haven't any wisdom - just a child like everybody else. I'm not as great as Frank Lloyd Wright.”
“All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.”
“I'll tell you what, I love my daddy. And he's so special. He's meant so much to me, so it's not a thorn in my side to be known as Billy Graham's daughter. It's a privilege.”
“Be honest and humble enough to learn from everybody.”

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