perfection

But victory doesn’t require perfection — just an advantage.

With “The Substance,” the star has a hit movie that speaks to the “violence we can have against ourselves in the pursuit of some idea of perfection.”

For every organization or person working to simplify animal adoption, there are those that unintentionally make perfection an enemy of the greater good.

“Compromise is not a sign of weakness … We cannot allow perfection to become the enemy of progress.”

Speaking afterwards, even Slot conceded his side were "close" to perfection.