"We know of our own knowledge that we are human beings, and, as such, imperfect. But we are bathed by the communications industry in a ceaseless tide of inhuman, impossible perfection."

-- Margaret Halsey

#Communication Quotes #Perfection Quotes #Tides Quotes

“The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is the hostility of God and the police to be guarded against; on the other it is as difficult as music, as deep as poetry, as ingenious as stage-craft, as nervous as the manufacture of high explosives, and as delicate as the trade in narcotics.”
“And may we not say, Adeimantus, that the most gifted minds, when they are ill- educated, become the worst?”
“During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards it will be too late.”
“If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.”
“More than a billion people lack adequate access to clean water.”
“May I forget what ought to be forgotten; and recall, unfailing, all that ought to be recalled, each kindly thing, forgetting what might sting.”
“You can't get a bad picture out of Bacall. There's nothing eccentric about her. She's perfect all over and yet she looks like nobody else.”
“Growing old is unavoidable, but never growing up is possible. I believe you can retain certain things from your childhood if you protect them - certain traits, certain places where you donâ€™t let the world go.”

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