"There is no perfection only life"

-- Milan Kundera

#Perfection Quotes

“We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.”

Source : Mahmoud Darwish (2013). “Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems”, p.31, Univ of California Press
“When I try to understand somebody, create a character, I fall into them. When I think writers are telling me what to think, I get harrumphy.”
“Try to be as good a listener as you are a speaker. Don't just put the emphasis on saying things. Listen.”

Source : "Director Jennifer Lynch Interview SURVEILLANCE". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. June 22, 2009.
“A monomaniac is a sick person whose mentality is perfectly healthy in all respects but one; he has a single flaw, clearly localized. At times, for example, he has an unreasonable and absurd desire to drink or steal or use abusive language; but all his other acts and all his other thoughts are strictly correct.”
“It's been TV and a lot of independent films. I'm so happy and blessed to have all these opportunities. But I'm also working on somebody else's project.”
“Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.”
“It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.”
“No, no, don't let my vulnerable heart share in this sacrifice to lust! Let him disgust me before pleasing me! Let him be what others have been, an instrument that I can break before becoming the echoes of its vibration.”

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