perfectionist
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She’s a perfectionist at heart, something I remember with a sigh when I help her hang a picture or center a vase of flowers on her table.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Under the perfectionist Sousa, it became the foremost and best-known musical ensemble in America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Are these three subtitle terms — codependent, perfectionist, people-pleasing — interchangeable or interlinked?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
A perfectionist, obsessive about detail, and as committed to his craft as anyone in the professional era.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Shy about her talent, and a perfectionist about conditions, Janine never did.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
"We're all perfectionists and we want to put our best foot forward in every single performance."
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
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
Clerks are type-A perfectionists, and all they want to do is do the job and do it right.
From Slate ● Jun. 6, 2024
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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