#perfected

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions. ↗

— Barack Obama

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Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time. ↗

— John Ray

#nothing #perfected #same #time

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

#even #faculty #instinct #instruments #intelligence

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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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

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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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Happiness is a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray; nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared. ↗

— Jane Porter

#brightness #happiness #heart #itself #kindred

I have perfected the art of putting my feet on my husband's lap during awards ceremonies so he can rub them. ↗

— Annette Bening

#awards #ceremonies #during #feet #husband

I learned to yodel pretty well. It took me a few months, but I eventually perfected it. ↗

— Johnny Weissmuller

#few #i #learned #me #months