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My parents did not have a perfect marriage. It was pretty good, but it was not perfect. My marriage is not perfect. My wife is, but I happen to be imperfect. However, that does not discount the fact that the definition of marriage must be defended and protected.
Stockwell Day

Marriage, Good, Wife

I got my first whiff of what big-time adult literature was all about when I was in 8th grade. I got it from Mark Linn-Baker. You know - the guy from 'Perfect Strangers.'
Lev Grossman

Guy, Literature, Adult

I love the romance of 'let's get married,' but then, when you have it so perfect... I mean, I'm more married than anybody can be - we have two kids. Maybe one day, but it's something I can really do without.
Vanessa Paradis

Love, Mean, Two

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is just perfect in 'Veep.' She gets to show off the spiky claws beneath her patrician finesse. The obvious way to play 'Veep' would be to make Louis-Dreyfus a folksy heroine, one with more common sense or populist heart than her enemies. But she isn't one.
Rob Sheffield

Heart, Play, Sense

Ron Swanson is more than the MVP of the 'Parks and Recreation' squad, more than just the funniest character on TV - he's the perfect depiction of aggrieved American manhood at the twilight of the empire.
Rob Sheffield

Character, American, Tv

'The Queen Is Dead' is not merely the Smiths' best album, but it is one of those timeless, perfect, inexhaustible artifacts that could only have been made by a gang of sullen, sun-deprived rock & roll boys fighting off adulthood tooth and nail.
Rob Sheffield

Best, Rock, Made

Why are Franz Ferdinand the perfect live band? They just are.
Rob Sheffield

Live, Why, Band

Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror.
Carlos Fuentes

Order, Horror, Forerunner

I'd just recorded it in Mariah Carey's studio. THey thought the song was perfect for Nina, because she's so shy, so it was nice to have that connection with Nina in the song. It was special.
Delta Goodrem

Nice, Thought, Special

I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
Nathan Fillion

Good, Greatest, Hero

But that guitar is the perfect companion to the human voice. You rest it against your gut, against your heart, and when you strum it the vibrations go outwards for all to hear, but the vibration also hits you on your body.
Jason Mraz

Heart, Human, Guitar

There comes a point in your life when you realize your parents aren't perfect.
Mia Wasikowska

Life, Parents, Point

A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.
Matthew Fox

Hero, Pretty, Playing

Sometimes there's that perfect moment when the crowd, the music, the energy of the room come together in a way that brings me to tears.
John Legend

Music, Together, Energy

If I could write the perfect novella I would die happy.
Ian Mcewan

Happy, Die, Write

I may not be perfect, but I'm trying.
Kristin Davis

The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.
Chris Martin

Happen, Goal, Try

If you're working on a movie, you want it to be projected on the largest tapestry possible, and the sound to be perfect, and for that kind of communal experience of the movies to take place for it.
Greg Kinnear

Experience, Movies, Working

I don't think there is a perfect athlete. But if I had to come close to picking someone who demonstrates all the traits that I feel an athlete should have, I would say the perfect athlete would be Tiger Woods. He has the ability, he's humble and he's very good at what he does.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Good, Humble, Someone

This rebuilding of New Orleans gives us the perfect opportunity to see if we're ready to extend the legacy of Dr. King.
Wynton Marsalis

Ready, King, Legacy

It's been a great honor for me to be a player for the Detroit Red Wings, to play for an Original Six franchise. I know I'm far from perfect, but I learned a lot.
Steve Yzerman

Great, Play, Learned

The idea of a perfect vacation is not working or not having to work and having no appointments.
Tom Welling

Work, Working, Idea

I'm not perfect and I know it. I've done all sorts of things that are frowned upon these days - big-game hunting, fishing. I still enjoy fishing but I don't kill warm-blooded animals any more - I make an exception with birds sometimes.
Wilbur Smith

Done, Enjoy, Sometimes

I don't want children. Why should I let some strange little monster into my life to destroy what to me is a perfect set-up?
Wilbur Smith

Life, Children, Why

Now, I do think when we move into 2012 and '13 when, presumably, the economy is on firmer ground, I would allow the tax rates for upper-income individuals to revert back to where they were before the cuts in the 1990s. I think at that point it makes perfect sense.
Mark Zandi

Before, Sense, Makes

I am not trying to give an image of a fairytale, perfect, everything else, I am just being myself.
Rebecca Loos

Everything, Give, Trying

We are all imperfect. We can not expect perfect government.
William Howard Taft

Government, Expect, Imperfect

Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles.
Juliette Lewis

Play, Looking, Roles

Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
Victoria Justice

Everyone, Far, Wants

Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.
Tommy Lee Jones

Greatest, Living, American

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