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Perfectionism is a perpetual flight into an illusory future that cannot be attained.

Gary Zukav

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Gary Zukav
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: October 17
Author
Non-Fiction Writer
Soldier
Port Arthur
Texas
Perpetual
Flight
Future
Cannot
Perfectionism
Illusory
Attained

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