improvement with friction ... Confucius

The gem cannot be

 polished without friction,

 nor man perfected 

without trials. 

~Confucius

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a new definition of beauty ... Marilyn Monroe

Imperfection is beauty, 

madness is genius

 and it's better 

to be absolutely 

ridiculous than 

absolutely boring. 

~Marilyn Monroe

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the perfect subject ... Patrick Demarchelier

The dog is

the perfect subject. 

He doesn't pose.

He isn't aware of 

the camera.

~Patrick Demarchelier

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(actually, in this case, the subject, Dusty, was a she)

onward and upward ... Drew Houston

Instead of trying 

to make your life perfect, 

give yourself the freedom

 to make it an adventure,

 and go ever upward. 

~Drew Houston

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Location: Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix, Arizona

perfection ... Wayne Gretzky

You miss 100% of 

the shots you don't take.

Wayne Gretzky

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Location: Superstition Mountain Museum, Apache Junction, Arizona

(3/8) National Proofreading Day ... stories by Muriel Rukeyser

The universe is made

 of stories,

not of atoms.

~Muriel Rukeyser

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Location: Wickenberg, Arizona