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What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zinklog@lemmy.fmhy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too

Edit: Usually these kind of posts only used to have excerpts from books or ancient proverbs, but now I am seeing a lot more quotes from shows/movies/games are also resonating with people. It's pretty cool to see.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"The enemy of good is perfect."

[–] saberstan@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I always remembered that one as "perfect is the enemy of done."

[–] dudebro@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, people have been conflating this to mean 'the enemy of good is doing anything significant at all.'

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I've always treated it as "I can get a dozen jobs done well enough while you sit there pissing around trying to do one thing perfectly."