Embracing imperfection
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Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
—Leonard Cohen
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Striving to better,
oft we mar what's well.
—William Shakespeare
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In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind, there are few.
—Shunryu Suzuki
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And we get a little further
from perfection
each year on the road
I think that's called character
I think that's just the way it goes
—Ani DiFranco
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Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
—Voltaire
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Don’t let the good be the enemy of the good enough.
—Unknown
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It’s amateur hour all the time.
—Unknown
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