"Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same."

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Source : Lois McMaster Bujold (1994). “Mirror Dance”, p.163, Baen Books

Lois McMaster Bujold

#Perfect Quotes #Imperfection Quotes #Deeds Quotes

“Rap game Julio Franco, Chuck Norris, Texas Ranger/ Ice on my fingers look like I slap-boxed a penguin.”
“Attention is the key to transformation- and full attention also implies acceptance.”
“Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises.”
“My life is really a history of observing forms and taking in imagery. I don't mean in a photographic way, I mean in a way of feeling them structurally,”
“Sex and the City changed New York-New York's become a big shoe store now, unfortunately.”
“The idea of an afterlife where you can be reunited with loved ones can be immensely consoling - though not to me.”
“It is suggested that in domestic violence at least the presence or absence of a firearm, or of any other type of weapon, is of far less importance to the outcome than the passion generated in the attacker. The man who has lost control will cause serious injuries in many cases, quite irrespective of the weapon he uses and regardless of the certainty of detections and punishment.”
“One of these suburbs is actually named Stalingrad, which goes to show that the French have learned nothing about politics since they guillotined all the smart people in 1793.”

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