perfectionist
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“I’m a perfectionist, so I wasn’t feeling confident,” he admits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
A 4-2 defeat to Real Sociedad on Tuesday will irritate their perfectionist head coach, but there is plenty of time for him to fine-tune the Europa League holders before the start of the new campaign.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Are these three subtitle terms — codependent, perfectionist, people-pleasing — interchangeable or interlinked?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
People who know Magyar personally say he is a perfectionist with a short temper but who will apologise for his shortcomings.
From Barron's ● Apr. 12, 2026
A perfectionist, he often lost his temper and patience.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
For the perfectionists: Back in 2011, Farhad Manjoo argued that “you should never, ever use two spaces after a period.”
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
It's an anxiety shared by many perfectionists, says health psychologist Dr Sula Windgassen.
From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2025
That intrinsic level of care is present in “Hard Truths,” but without the fussiness that often feels present in films made by notorious perfectionists.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2025
But Palumbo, one of opera’s most mild-mannered yet most unrelenting perfectionists, was still making sure that the singers’ intonation was flawless, still fine-tuning the placement of the first note in a certain phrase.
From New York Times ● May 21, 2024
“And it’s a temptation for any intelligent person, and especially for perfectionists such as the ancients and ourselves, to try to murder the primitive, emotive, appetitive self. But that is a mistake.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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