Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.
“I can't say I have control over my emotions; I don't know my mind. I'm lost like everyone else. I'm certainly not a leader.”
“It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America.”