Perfectionist Quotes

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• I`ve been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good. Barbra Streisand
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• I`m a perfectionist. I can`t help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least. Justin Timberlake
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  Keywords: can :: fail :: get :: help :: if :: in :: it :: least :: myself :: perfectionist :: really :: the :: upset :: with

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• [Fred Astaire] was a perfectionist. At rehearsal when you thought you`d got it perfect he would say, "Go on, Annie, just one more time!" What I wouldn`t give to do it just one more time. Ann Miller
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• My father was a perfectionist. We had to hop to everything and have marvelous table manners. I could only wear navy blue and gray and white. He wanted me to be interested in tennis and horses just like a little princess, but I couldn`t stand such things. Raquel Welch
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• People call me a perfectionist, but I`m not. I`m a rightist. I do something until it`s right, and then I move on to the next thing. James Cameron
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• It sounds funny, but my biggest fear is that I`m not perfect. I`m a perfectionist, and I get upset when things go wrong or when I don`t do well. I used to be very uptight, but I`ve learned to loosen up Nicholas Jonas
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• Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I`ve always been bothered by that assumption. Phil Collins
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• I`m a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it`s OK if there are flaws here and there. Tyra Banks
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• Just because you`re a perfectionist doesn`t mean you`re perfect. - On Stanley Kubrick Jack Nicholson
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• I`m such a crazy perfectionist, I probably stood in Linens `n Things looking at the square plates or the round plates for, like, 10 minutes, going, God, this is a big decision. These are my first plates! What am I going to get? What do I do?!" - on being ... Evan Wood
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• On working with Martin Scorsese in Gangs of New York (2002): "He`s a perfectionist, obsessed with detail. That`s why he went over budget and over schedule." Leonardo DiCaprio
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• [on Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly] I can watch Astaire anytime. I don`t think he ever made a wrong move. He was a perfectionist. He would work on a few bars for hours until it was just the way he wanted it. Gene was the same way. They both wanted perfection... Cyd Charisse
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• I am they type of person that once I make a decision, I must execute. Maybe I am a perfectionist in this way. Brad Dourif
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  Keywords: am :: decision :: execute :: in :: make :: maybe :: must :: of :: once :: perfectionist :: person :: that :: they :: this :: type :: way

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• Lucy is such a perfectionist. Desi Arnaz
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  Keywords: is :: lucy :: perfectionist :: such

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• I`m never pleased with anything, I`m a perfectionist, it`s part of who I am. Michael Jackson
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• I`m my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist. Adam Jones
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• I`m a perfectionist. They`ve got to do a lot before I say, `Hey, well done.` They know that. Steve Reynolds
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  Keywords: before :: do :: done :: got :: hey :: know :: lot :: perfectionist :: say :: that :: they :: to :: ve :: well

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• I`m a perfectionist. I`m pretty much insatiable. I feel there`s so many things I can improve on. Serena Williams
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  Keywords: can :: feel :: improve :: insatiable :: many :: much :: on :: perfectionist :: pretty :: so :: there :: things

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• I`m a perfectionist. I need to be needed. I need to do things for a man. But I don`t need to do them as much, these days. Jacqueline Bisset
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• I`m a perfectionist. I can`t help it, I get really upset with myself if I fail in the least. Justin Timberlake
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  Keywords: can :: fail :: get :: help :: if :: in :: it :: least :: myself :: perfectionist :: really :: the :: upset :: with

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• I`m a perfectionist. Natalie Imbruglia
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  Keywords: perfectionist

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• I`m a perfectionist, which I think is a mistake. Michelle Shocked
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  Keywords: is :: mistake :: perfectionist :: think :: which

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• I`m a perfectionist, so I can drive myself mad - and other people, too. At the same time, I think that`s one of the reasons I`m successful. Because I really care about what I do. Michelle Pfeiffer
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• I`m a perfectionist, and I always think that I can do better what I have done, even if it`s good. Luciano Pavarotti
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  Keywords: always :: and :: better :: can :: do :: done :: even :: good :: have :: if :: it :: perfectionist :: that :: think :: what

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• I was made to be a perfectionist at everything I did. Everything was more important than what I wanted. Dennis Quaid
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  Keywords: at :: be :: did :: everything :: important :: made :: more :: perfectionist :: than :: to :: wanted :: was :: what

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• I don`t believe in perfection. I don`t think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy. Reese Witherspoon
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  Keywords: be :: believe :: but :: don :: energy :: great :: in :: is :: of :: perfection :: perfectionist :: such :: the :: there :: thing :: things :: think :: to :: wanting

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• But I think Steve`s main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He`s a perfectionist. Good enough isn`t good enough. And also his creative spirit. You know he really, really wants to do something great. Akim Millington
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• Batting fourth comes with some expectations. I`m a perfectionist, I expect perfection out of myself and when it doesn`t happen, I get frustrated with it. Troy Glaus
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• As a writer I`m fairly focused. I`m something of a perfectionist and will write much more than I need to at first, then trim off the fat. Paul Kane
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• And I deal with all that by being like a perfectionist. But that`s okay. Jennifer Lopez
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  Keywords: all :: and :: being :: but :: by :: deal :: like :: okay :: perfectionist :: that :: with

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