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Perfectionism spells paralysis.
Winston Churchill / Former Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom
Paralysis
Perfectionism
Spells
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Regret is just perfectionism plus time.
B. J. Novak / Actor
Perfectionism
Plus
Regret
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Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.
Mark Cuban / Businessman
Enemy
Perfectionism
Profitability
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Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.
Anne Lamott / Novelist
Inspirational
Motivational
Perfectionism
Voice
Oppressor
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Perfectionism is the fear of being criticized.
Caroline Myss / Author
Acceptance
Perfectionism
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Perfectionism is the mother of procrastination.
Michael Hyatt /
Mother
Perfectionism
Procrastination
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Clutter and mess show us that life is being lived.
Anne Lamott / Novelist
Clutter
Life Is
Perfectionism
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I've learned how my own perfectionism can cripple me.
Jennifer Nettles / Musical Artist
Perfectionism
Cripple
Me My Own Own
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Perfectionism attaches to what is valued in the culture.
Gloria Steinem / Journalist
Perfectionism
Valued
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Intuitionism is not constructive, perfectionism is unacceptable.
John Rawls / Philosopher
Constructive
Perfectionism
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If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.
David Foster Wallace / Novelist
Motivational
Fidelity
Perfectionism
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Perfectionism doesn't make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate.
Maria Shriver / Journalist
Feels
Perfect
Perfectionism
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However, don't let perfectionism become an excuse for never getting started.
Marilu Henner / Actress
Excuse
Getting Started
Perfectionism
Getting
However
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Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.
Ryan Holiday / Author
Begets
Disappointment
Perfection
Perfectionism
Satisfaction
Rarely
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Insecurity's best cover is perfectionism. That's where it becomes an art form.
Beth Moore / Evangelist
Art
Insecurity
Perfectionism
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Perfectionism is boring and doesn't exist-to strive for it makes you uninteresting.
Eva Mendes / Actress
Boring
Perfectionism
Strive
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
Hannah Arendt / Philosopher
Death
Goes On
Involved
Order
Perfectionism
Trying
Living
Escape
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Perfectionism is a perpetual flight into an illusory future that cannot be attained.
Gary Zukav / Author
Flight
Perfectionism
Perpetual
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If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. (on not perfectionism to put things off) .
Gilbert K. Chesterton / Writer
Inspirational
Not Perfect
Perfectionism
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Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.
David D. Burns / Author
Hero
Honor
Perfectionism
Suffering
Badge
Becomes
Part
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But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
Rowan Atkinson / Actor
Feels
Perfectionism
Better Feel Always
Suppose
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There is nothing perfect, no one can be perfect, and perfectionism is something you shouldn't chase.
Shawn Crahan /
Perfect
Perfectionism
Nothing
Chase
Something
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In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.
Billy Corgan / Musician
Idealism
Kind
Perfectionism
Way
Afforded
Music Me Weird
Attain
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Europe seems a little softer, but in America it's harsh. In L.A., where I live, it's all about perfectionism.
Alanis Morissette / Singer-Songwriter
America
Europe
Harsh
Littles
Perfectionism
Softer
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I realized we're all perfectly imperfect, which was a big thing. Perfectionism, to me, was an important thing.
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff /
Imperfect
Perfectionism
Big Thing
Perfectly
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I took everything really seriously and was overly sensitive about things, and I think that's rooted in perfectionism.
Kelly Carlin-Mccall / Actress
Perfectionism
Sensitive
Thinking
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Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it's a shield.
Brené Brown / Author
Achievement
Growth
Healthy
Perfectionism
Same
Striving
Same Thing
Shield
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I have to say that I've always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can't let go.
Rowan Atkinson / Actor
Quality
Disease
Flow
Letting Go
Perfectionism
Trying
Believed
Let Go
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Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it's about earning approval and acceptance.
Brené Brown / Author
Acceptance
Approval
Earning
Perfectionism
Self
Self Improvement
Thinking
Best Your People
Striving
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Perfectionism kills art. I find that if I criticise myself, it spoils the fun. You can get paralysed by analysis - it takes all the playfulness away.
Geri Halliwell / Singer-Songwriter
Art
Analysis
Criticise
Fun
Perfectionism
Spoils
Takes
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I must always try to do better because perfectionism, and the need to always have new goals and achieve them, is a state of mind that brings profound meaning to life.
Giorgio Armani / Fashion Designer
Achieve
Mind
Perfectionism
Profound
Life Always Mind
Try
Brings
State
Life Mind Goals
Meaning
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As the days progressed, I felt as if YNK' was my first film. That is because the director was hellbent on perfectionism. He was insistent about getting the best out of me.
Richa Pallod /
Perfectionism
Insistent
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The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.
Arianna Huffington / Author
Wisdom
Mom
Break
Embrace
Fearless
Giving Up
Imperfection
Mother
Perfectionism
Uncertainty
Become
Doing
Idea
Cycle
Fastest
Give
Indeed
Perfectly
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Perfectionism is really a challenge for me, and it causes me to be super-critical of myself in so many ways: about body image constantly; about parenting; about being a mother.
Jennifer Nettles / Musical Artist
Parenting
Body Image
Causes
Perfectionism
Myself Mother Me
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In LA, where I live, it's all about perfectionism. Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.
Alanis Morissette / Singer-Songwriter
Bones
Defined
Perfectionism
La
Standard
Perilous
Sticking
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Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.
Julia Cameron / Teacher
Best
Good
Enough
Perfection
Perfectionism
Pursuit
Quests
Should
Trying
Worst
Best Good Enough
Will
Good Enough Will
Best Good Will
Nothing
Again
Try
Part
Ever
Ourselves
Quest
Tells
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These 'mistakes' occur in my books for a reason. I have an agenda: I'm secretly trying to inspire kids to create their own stories and comics, and I don't want them to feel stifled by 'perfectionism.'
Dav Pilkey / Author
Inspire
Perfectionism
Reason
Feel
Agenda
Mistakes
Books
Own
Comics
Create
Occur
Secretly
Stifled
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There's really no way to be perfect. Perfectionism is a silly trait to have, so in a lot of ways that inspired the world of 'Divergent,' in which everyone is striving toward that ideal and falling short of it.
Veronica Roth / Novelist
Divergent
Fall
Inspired
Perfect
Perfectionism
Silly
Trait
Falling
Ideal
Striving
Toward
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Watching people like my dad, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, David Beckham and Eric Cantona every day in training was incredible. I saw how hard they worked, the perfectionism and absolute dedication required to reach the top.
Kasper Schmeichel /
Beckham
Perfectionism
Paul
Required
Ryan
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Obstruction can be caused by so many factors - perfectionism, distraction, faltering confidence, external demands and pressures. At some point, of course, you've got to push through it all if you're to write, and if you don't, or can't, you're sunk.
Claire Messud / Novelist
Confidence
Distraction
Factors
Obstruction
Perfectionism
Caused
External
Pressures
Push
Sunk
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I've struggled a lot in my life with feeling like a failure. I lived in a 'prison of perfectionism,' holding myself to a standard I couldn't possibly live up to. Then I became a mom, and all of a sudden, there arose even more opportunities for failure.
Sarah Drew / Actress
Perfectionism
Prison
Holding
Struggled
Standard
Sudden
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Perfectionism and procrastination have such a fine line. You say, 'Well, I want it to be good. I want it to be perfect.' But what you're really doing is not doing your work. You're putting off showing up and being visible because then you're going to be judged, and it might suck.
Jen Sincero /
Fine
Judged
Might
Perfect
Perfectionism
Procrastination
Showing Up
Visible
Work Good Your
Work Good Doing
Then
Doing
Work Good Perfect
Say
Fine Line
Off
Line
Well
Putting
Showing
Suck
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The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's not 'just right' all along the way. The trap I so easily fall into is rewriting and rewriting the same scenes over and over to make them perfect, instead of continuing on into the wild unknown of the story.
Laini Taylor / Author
Continuing
Coping
Fall
Hard Times
Moving
Moving Forward
Perfectionism
Rewriting
Unknown
Time Me Way
Biggest Challenge
Wild
Easily
Scenes
Project
Hard Time
Trap
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