“By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them.”
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“Good enough is good enough. Perfect will make you a big fat mess every time.”
Source: The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder

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“When I came in the league, I was thinking about the best guys. Not the best guys on my team—the best guys in the league. I was thinking about LT [LaDainian Tomlinson], Marshall Faulk, Portis, Larry Johnson … Thinking about how I wanted my name mentioned with them. What can I do to make that happen?"
“This was important to me … My first year [2005], late in the season, we beat the Rams. I had a long run in the fourth quarter to win the game. Marshall came up to me after the game. He said, ‘Keep working hard. You’ll be a special player in the league.’ Man, that was big. Marshall Faulk!"
“I started calling those guys. I wanted to know stuff from them. LT, Faulk, Edge [Edgerrin James]. Now it’s come around. What I am happy about now, young guys at my position—Derrick Henry, after we play the Titans, he comes up to me and says, ‘Damn, I want to train with you, man.’ Even coordinators. They say, You still got it."
“When I was young, I remember [former Niners fullback and coach] Tom Rathman said to me, ‘The only thing you should worry about is your peers’ respect.’ He’s right. If your peers respect you, you’re doing it right."
“No matter what your job is in your life, don’t listen to anyone who says you can’t do something. I can tell you: You can do it.”
“Cowardice is a far better survival trait than heroism.”
Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin War (2008), Chapter 13 (p. 254)

“Truth by definition excludes.”
2000s
Source: [Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message, 2000, 2002, 9780849943270, 6]

"Propaganda by Redefinition of Words" (5 October 1971).
Scientology Policy Letters

“Once you have lived in New York and made it your home, no place else is good enough”

“The Japanese have perfected good manners and made them indistinguishable from rudeness.”
Source: The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), Ch. 28.

“You are not very good if you are not better than your best friends imagine you to be.”
No. 536
Aphorisms on Man (1788)