You just couldn't be too perfectionistic about it. From Wordnik.com. [Janet Fitch talks about White Oleander] Reference
Enough of this predictable, perfectionistic, pooh-hah. From Wordnik.com. [Characters] Reference
And as perfectionistic thinkers, it cuts us to the core. From Wordnik.com. [Big Fish | Her Bad Mother] Reference
perfectionistic leaders create perfectionistic followers. From Wordnik.com. [Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Livewise] Reference
The day of the persistent, perfectionistic, career ladder climber. From Wordnik.com. [wilberteets Diary Entry] Reference
My basic philosophy of life is to be responsible but not perfectionistic. From Wordnik.com. [Control Your Depression] Reference
• Ask yourself if you're doing it all because you're too perfectionistic. From Wordnik.com. [Jeana Lee Tahnk: Why Is It So Difficult to Ask for Help?] Reference
In Parenthood he played a perfectionistic snob, but a nerdy perfectionistic snob. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
The run-away ethics of perfectionistic moralizing can lead to a spiritual impasse. From Wordnik.com. [Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Cutting the Costs of Perfectionism] Reference
I have the opposite: the two most perfectionistic faculty members in the department. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
CIARAMICOLI: Well, you want to do it in a balanced way, not in a perfectionistic way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2005] Reference
You sound detail-oriented and perhaps perfectionistic, not usually signs of mere adequacy. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, you know, just things] Reference
Getting locked into perfectionistic moments that keep us from moving beyond them does not work. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Schwager: The Message of the One] Reference
Some of these strategies are supported by society, such as being overly busy or perfectionistic. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry of Calm] Reference
For example, a positive trait like diligence might show up as critical, rigid, or perfectionistic. From Wordnik.com. [Jamie Woolf: Do You Know Your Leadership and Parenting Derailers?] Reference
Teachers and friends described her as extremely bright, disciplined, perfectionistic, and personable. From Wordnik.com. [Judith Resnik.] Reference
Constant rejection of what is and a desire for what is not is the essence of perfectionistic suffering. From Wordnik.com. [Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: New Perfectionism: a Platform of Self-Acceptance] Reference
In excess, these characteristics can be perceived as picky, critical, micromanaging, and perfectionistic. From Wordnik.com. [Jamie Woolf: Do You Know Your Leadership and Parenting Derailers?] Reference
You can be demanding, perfectionistic, unrelenting, ambitious and a full-fledged success--and still be kind. From Wordnik.com. [Kindness At The Office] Reference
For a sizable number of underachievers, their perfectionistic beliefs are buttressed by feelings of entitlement. From Wordnik.com. [The Unmotivated Child] Reference
Now, you're becoming a pretty decent warrior, and you're still perfectionistic enough not to want to recognize it. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Chaos]
In the end, her failure to attain her perfectionistic goals further confirms her belief in herself as a powerless individual. From Wordnik.com. [The Unmotivated Child] Reference
Mostly my quirks manifest as perfectionistic tendencies, or a series of small running insecurities like, "Did I lock the front door?". From Wordnik.com. [once more, with feeling] Reference
Automatic, reflexive, on-the-fly perfectionistic rejection of reality as not being good enough triggers a mindless rush to improve it. From Wordnik.com. [Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Acceptance Isn't Surrender] Reference
I think because I was single and career minded for so long, that I sometimes am too perfectionistic about my home and then lose sense of priorities. From Wordnik.com. [Staying Home is Not a Waste of Time if You Don't Waste It] Reference
We are fussy, critical, and perfectionistic at times. From Wordnik.com. [ElsaElsa.com] Reference
None of the perfectionistic hysterics about messing up. From Wordnik.com. [adventures in mercy] Reference
First-borns were found to be more perfectionistic than their younger siblings. From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
Steve Jobs is like one of those screaming, perfectionistic executive chefs. From Wordnik.com. [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference
"Typically, hoarders 'personalities are rigid and perfectionistic," Marcelo said. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
Hoarders tend to be "perfectionistic and indecisive," says hoarding expert Dr. Randy O. Frost. From Wordnik.com. [NashvilleScene.com] Reference
I explain to parents of perfectionistic children that they have to become good "mistake coaches.". From Wordnik.com. [The Life Without School Community Blog] Reference
So my beleaguered subconscious found a way to turn perfectionistic stubbornness into a nonverbal alarm. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
But he still has that same perfectionistic drive … He drives everyone hard but no one harder than he drives himself. From Wordnik.com. [Edmonton Sun] Reference
And don't underestimate the zone out aspect -- it can be the antidote to this over-productive, perfectionistic culture. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
This will especially affect those dyslexics whom create perfectionistic expectations for themselves to cope with this anxiety. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The September Issueis organized so that we observe the ruthlessness, the high perfectionistic logic, of each decision Wintour makes. From Wordnik.com. [Jezebel] Reference
Whereas NTs tend to ignore details, Aspies can be perfectionistic, wanting to do everything in the way the "authorities" say is best. From Wordnik.com. [Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums] Reference
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