Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity.

现实是通往平庸最常见道路。

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

考试把平庸者分为了同等级 仅此而已。

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

数小时平淡镜头被缩短成五、六张完美画面。

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

而甘于平庸就是，就是… 坦白说，就是自爱够格工作态度。

So you compensated for mediocrity by being large.

所以你大块头弥补了你平庸。

Yet mediocrity is no longer enough to justify a dismissal.

然而，平庸再足以成为解雇理由。

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层面”。

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

这样，我们就为平庸让了路了。

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

他们目标是把每个都降低到同他们一样平庸水平。

The snob is so afraid of mediocrity that they exert superiority.

“爱慕虚荣”非常害怕平庸，所以他们会表现出优越感。

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

他们面临着压力，要在每一件事上都出类拔萃，没有失败或平庸余地。

You sit around and go Either quality or mediocrity.

你坐在那里，要么质量要么平庸。

And then what fits into quality versus mediocrity.

然后是什么适合质量与平庸。

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.

- 我宁愿过充满激情生活，也愿过平庸或只是生存生活。

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

平庸脱颖而出， 是特别， 是非凡， 也是高高在上。

It's just the definition of mediocrity, like it's (unintelligable).

这只是平庸定义， 就像它（无法理解）。

I assure you we can't bear mediocrities.

我向你保证，我们能忍受平庸。

Because the oscar voting process favors mediocrity.

因为奥斯卡投票过程有利于平庸。

It could be a recipe for mediocrity, yes.

这可能是平庸秘诀, 是。