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The Eben-Ezers and the Perfectionists are the only communes which are at this time increasing in numbers.
The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation Charles Nordhoff 1865
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He slowly gathered about him a small company of believers, drawn from different parts of the country, and with their help made known his new faith in various publications, with such effect that though in 1847 he had only about forty persons in his own congregation, there appear to have been small gatherings of "Perfectionists" in other states, in correspondence with Noyes, and inclined to take him as their leader.
The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation Charles Nordhoff 1865
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Perfectionists are far more likely to be depressed and anxious, and in college they are more likely to commit suicide.
Christine Carter, PhD: Chinese Mothers Controversy: Why Amy Chua Is Wrong About Parenting PhD Christine Carter 2011
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Perfectionists who can't stop working on something until it's absolutely right.
sensitive nathreee 2010
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Perfectionists with strong work ethics, we put our hearts and souls into each and every endeavor we undertake.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011
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The novel you speak of, The Perfectionists, went through three drafts while I was studying at the Iowa Writer's Workshop and taking literature courses.
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Perfectionists who can't stop working on something until it's absolutely right.
sensitive nathreee 2010
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Perfectionists with strong work ethics, we put our hearts and souls into each and every endeavor we undertake.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011
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Perfectionists are those people that you never hear about.
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- Perfectionists perpetuate stress by coping with stress in such maladaptive ways as rumination or re-doubling of the effort to avoid mistakes and prevent failures (stress perpetuation mechanism).
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