Perfectionism

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Toscanini once recorded a piece sixty five times. You know what he said when he finished? It could be better.

The Tree of Life

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Topic

Perfectionism

Speaker

Mr. O'Brien

Actor

Brad Pitt

Source

The Tree of Life

Medium

Film

Genre

Epic (film) Drama (film) Epic Drama

Language

English

Time

2011 2010s 21st century

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Citation

The Tree of Life. Directed by Terrence Malick. River Road Entertainment/Plan B Entertainment, 2011.

Doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.

Fred Rogers

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Topic

Perfectionism Expectations Accepting others Self-acceptance

Author

Fred Rogers

Source

The World According to Mister Rogers

Language

English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 14.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Michael J. Fox

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Topic

Perfectionism Excellence Personal development Self-improvement

Speaker

Michael J. Fox

Source

The Most Important Thing I Know

Language

English

Time

1997 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Fox, Michael J. Quoted in The Most Important Thing I Know. Compiled by Lorne A. Adrain. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997.

But how shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to our selves?

Sir Thomas Browne

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Topic

Kindness Perfectionism Self-criticism

Author

Sir Thomas Browne

Source

Religio Medici

Genre

Autobiography and memoir Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1643 1640s 17th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Browne, Thomas, Sir. Religio Medici. London, 1643, pt. 2, sect. 4.

Current Citation

Browne, Thomas, Sir. "Religio Medici (1643)." Thomas Browne: Selected Writings, edited by Kevin Killeen. Oxford University Press, 2018, pt. 2, sect. 4.

If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.

Leo Tolstoy

Anna Karenina

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Topic

Perfectionism

Speaker

Natalia

Author

Leo Tolstoy

Source

Anna Karenina

Medium

Novel

Language

Russian

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Анна Каренина [Anna Karenina]. The Russian Messenger, 1875-1877. Serial.

Current Citation

Tolstoy, Leo. Anna Karenina, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Penguin Classics, 2014.

We will be perfect in every aspect of the game. You drop a pass, you run a mile. You miss a blocking assignment, you run a mile. You fumble the football, and I will break my foot off in your John Brown hind parts and then you will run a mile. Perfection.

Remember the Titans

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Topic

Perfectionism Football

Speaker

Coach Herman Boone

Actor

Denzel Washington

Source

Remember the Titans

Genre

Sports (film) Biography (film) Sports Biography

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Remember the Titans. Directed by Boaz Yakin, Technical Black Films/Jerry Bruckheimer Films/Walt Disney Pictures, 2000.

If you want something done right, do it yourself.

Charles-Guillaume Etienne

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Topic

Self-reliance Perfectionism

Speaker

Palaprat

Author

Charles-Guillaume Etienne

Source

Bruis et Palaprat

Medium

Play

Language

French

Time

1807 1800s 19th century

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Citation

Étienne, Charles-Guillaume. Bruïs et Palaprat. 1807, Théâtre-Français, Paris, France, sc. 3.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

Eugène Delacroix

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Topic

Perfectionism

Author

Eugène Delacroix

Source

Journals of Eugene Delacroix

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Delacroix, Eugène. Journal entry. 14 March 1858.

Current Citation

Delacroix, Eugène. The Journal of Eugène Delacroix: A Selection, translated by Lucy Norton, edited by Hubert Wellington. Phaidon, 1995.