Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity.

现实是通往平最常见的道路。

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

考试把平者分为了不同的等级 仅此而已。

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。

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

而甘于平就是，就是… 坦白说，就是不自爱不够格的工。

So you compensated for mediocrity by being large.

所以你的大块头弥补了你的平。

Yet mediocrity is no longer enough to justify a dismissal.

然而，平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、马虎，以及任何与创新相反的层”。

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

这样，我们就为平让了路了。

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

他们的目标是把每个人都降低到同他们一样平的水平。

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

他们临着不断的压力，要在每一件事上都出类拔萃，没有失败或平的余地。

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

一定要明白，活在当下的快乐只是平的秘诀。

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，否则我就会让完美成为优秀的敌人。

You sit around and go Either quality or mediocrity.

你坐在那里，要么质量要么平。

And then what fits into quality versus mediocrity.

然后是什么适合质量与平。

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 害怕无聊胜过害怕失败。

Ugliness and mediocrity does exactly the opposite.

丑陋和平恰恰相反。

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，也不愿过平或只是生存的生活。

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

平脱颖而出， 不是特别的， 不是非凡的， 也不是高高在上的。

And I've even been challenging myself to consider the possibility of embracing mediocrity.

甚至我在挑战自己，考虑接受平的可能性。

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，而且强大有力，超越平。