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Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment. Ryan Holiday

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

William Feather

There's no shame in being romantic at all. I think people want to feel that sense of romance, which is rarely even attempted anymore.

Colin Trevorrow

The SEALs rarely call the Taliban 'terrorists' because they respect them as worthy opponents.

Peter Berg

I have always been considered to be the most German among Italian economists, which I always received as a compliment, but was rarely meant to be one.

Mario Monti

Critics are not creators. They rarely write great novels, invent new technologies, or come up with a great business idea.

Jacqueline Leo

We often hear of a male director directing a great indie and immediately being offered the next huge comic book movie. Rarely, if ever, does this happen to a woman.

Lesli Linka Glatter

Very good cooks who are employed as 'chefs' rarely refer to themselves as 'chefs.' They refer to themselves as 'cooks.'

Alton Brown

I get to do physical comedy! When do women get to do physical comedy? Very rarely.

Michaela Watkins

I rarely see one of the 'summer blockbuster' movies. I'd like to see a stronger focus on smaller, smarter movies.

Christopher Meloni

When I first started to cook, I would cook these elaborate meals, but I rarely cook at home now.

David Chang

Mythology is a set of primitive lies that people rarely believe. This is rather different from history, which is a set of lies that people actually believe.

Ashwin Sanghi

Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue.

Woody Allen

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

Joe Chung

Writers who are activists are very rarely taken seriously as artists.

Larry Kramer

Battles, unlike bargains, are rarely discussed in society.

James Fenimore Cooper

Rarely in film acting do you get to do a scene for very long.

Sissy Spacek

I never turn down requests for interviews. I'm just rarely asked.

Bob Ross

Actors want to surprise themselves. When it's really good, you kind of transcend yourself, and that happens infrequently. Very, very rarely.

Claire Danes

I rarely use a stylist, and enjoy choosing my outfit on my own. If you know what suits your body and personality then your individual style emerges naturally.

Hilary Rhoda

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.

Harry Reid

Rarely do I finish a song lyrically before I have a musical idea there, but then again, rarely ever would I finish a song musically before starting the lyrical ideas. So a lot of the time, they come in tandem, or they just come at a glance.

Hozier

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.

William Cowper

My first job was in a nursing home - a terrible place in retrospect. It was in an old house, and the residents were so lonely. People rarely visited them. I only stayed there a couple of months, but it made a strong impression on me.

Kim Edwards

I'm not the girl who always has a boyfriend. I'm the girl who rarely has a boyfriend.

Taylor Swift

I am struck by how, walking down the street, I'm rarely made aware of my race, but that among journalists, race is absolutely massive.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

I rarely listen to music while writing. If I don't like it, it bothers me, and if I like it, it absorbs me so much I can't write.

Vikram Seth

Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the precise way in which they will be brought about is not, of course, foreseen.

Andrew Coyle Bradley

One of my brothers is a body builder, and the other is an accountant. Both of them live in Australia, so I rarely get to see them. My sister lives in the U.S.

Jacqueline Fernandez

Sometimes you get lucky and things are as easy as you had imagined, but that's rarely the case.

Jason Fried

The tropical rain forests are a telling example. Once cut down, they rarely recover. Rainfall drops, deserts spread, the climate warms.

James Lovelock

Aptitude found in the understanding and is often inherited. Genius coming from reason and imagination, rarely.

Marcus Aurelius

It isn't as if a writer merely records life as it unfurls. Reality does not automatically transcribe as literature; real people are not shapely, compelling characters to be harvested. Charming facts and sharp observations rarely slide seamlessly into whatever narrative is at hand.

Michelle Huneven

Chaplin was notoriously strict with his sons and rarely gave them spending money.

Gene Tierney

Sex and older women used to be considered an oxymoron, rarely mentioned in the same breath.

Gail Sheehy

I'm so used to changing time zones that I can sleep at any time. I'm rarely ever tossing and turning - if I am, it's really a big deal.

Paloma Faith