Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity.

现实是通往平庸最常见的道路。

Exams rank different levels of mediocrity, that's all.

考试把平庸者分为了不同的等级 仅。

Hours of mediocrity can be reduced to five or six perfect images.

数小时的平淡镜头被缩短成五、六张完美的画面。

And to settle for mediocrity is...is...it's frankly, you know, a sign of self-loathing and substandard work ethics.

甘于平庸就是，就是… 坦白说，就是不自爱不够格的工作态度。

So you compensated for mediocrity by being large.

所以你的大块头弥补了你的平庸。

Yet mediocrity is no longer enough to justify a dismissal.

然，平庸不再足以成为解雇的理由。

He accused it of “mediocrity, sloppiness, and whatever the opposite of innovative is.”

他指责它“平庸、马虎，以及任何与创新相反的层面”。

And, in doing so, we make way for mediocrity.

这，我就为平庸让了路了。

It is their goal to bring everyone down to their level of mediocrity.

他的目标是把每个人都降低到同他平庸的水平。

They face constant pressure to excel at everything they do with no room for failure or mediocrity.

他面临着不断的压力，要在每件事上都出类拔萃，没有失败或平庸的余地。

It's like, yes, I am embracing mediocrity because otherwise I would allow perfect to be the enemy of good.

是的，我就是在接受平庸，否则我就会让完美成为优秀的敌人。

Make sure you appreciate that being happy in the moment is actually just a recipe for mediocrity.

定要明白，活在当下的快乐只是平庸的秘诀。

You sit around and go Either quality or mediocrity.

你坐在那里，要么质量要么平庸。

In my case, I wanted my life to be great and I feared boredom and mediocrity more than I feared failure.

对我来说，我曾希望我过最好的生活，我害怕平庸 害怕无聊胜过害怕失败。

Ugliness and mediocrity does exactly the opposite.

丑陋和平庸恰恰相反。

I'd rather live a life of passion than a life of mediocrity or just surviving.

- 我宁愿过充满激情的生活，也不愿过平庸或只是生存的生活。

Mediocrity stands out as not special, not extraordinary and not above.

平庸脱颖出， 不是特别的， 不是非凡的， 也不是高高在上的。

And make sure your future is not only bright but powerful and strong for mediocrity.

确保你的未来不仅光明，且强大有力，超越平庸。