#perfected

Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments. ↗

— Henri Bergson

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The truth is, of course, that history is not completed in modern commerce any more than philosophy is perfected in political economy. In other words, there is nothing timeless or God-given about filling stations and penicillin and plastic bags. ↗

— James Buchan

#any #bags #commerce #completed #course

I didn't know how well my first album had done; it was enough to get me to do the second album, which was a continuation of the music I'd worked on and perfected. ↗

— Roberta Flack

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We're quite into graphics that are simultaneously two- and three-dimensional. But I can't really elaborate any further because it's not something - we haven't really perfected it. ↗

— Sean Booth

#because #elaborate #further #graphics #haven

Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected. ↗

— Jonathan Edwards

#glory #grace #perfected

You have to make thousands and thousands of drawings before an illustration is perfected. ↗

— Richard MacDonald

#drawings #illustration #make #perfected #thousands

Genius is not perfected, it is deepened. It does not so much interpret the world as fertilize itself with it. ↗

— Andre Malraux

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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#friction #gem #man #nor #perfected

The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness. ↗

— Paul Theroux

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I'm working on inventing an aerosol spray that repels papparazi. I haven't perfected it but when I do I will make millions. ↗

— Josh Duhamel

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