Being realistic is the most commonly travelled road to mediocrity.

现实通往最常见的道路。

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

考试者分为不同的等级 仅此而已。

So you compensated for mediocrity by being large.

所以你的大块头弥补你的。

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

数小时的淡镜头被缩短成五、六张完美的画面。

Yet mediocrity is no longer enough to justify a dismissal.

然而，不再足以成为解雇的理由。

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

这样，我们为让路。

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

“爱慕虚荣的人”非常害怕，所以他们会表现出优越感。

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

他指责它“、马虎，以及任何与创新相反的层面”。

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

他们的目标每个人都降低到同他们一样的水。

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

而甘于，… 坦白说，不自爱不够格的工作态度。

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

他们面临着不断的压力，要在每一件事上都出类拔萃，没有失败或的余地。

Because the oscar voting process favors mediocrity.

因为奥斯卡投票过程有利于。

And then what fits into quality versus mediocrity.

然后什么适合质量与。

Ugliness and mediocrity does exactly the opposite.

丑陋和恰恰相反。

I assure you we can't bear mediocrities.

我向你保证，我们不能忍受。

It could be a recipe for mediocrity, yes.

这可能的秘诀, 的。

You sit around and go Either quality or mediocrity.

你坐在那里，要么质量要么。

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

脱颖而出， 不特别的， 不非凡的， 也不高高在上的。

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

这只的定义， 像它（无法理解）。

We are suckling ourselves on machine-made mediocrity.

我们正沉浸在机器制造的之中。