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• n  a person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards

• CON: His perfectionist tendencies often result in games being significantly delayed and, despite the Wii's gameplay innovation, its graphics are far behind the competition.
• Classmates described Lin as a perfectionist.
• The unlikeliest literary success story of 2006 is this stunning memoir about a girl growing up in small-town Pennsylvania with her cryptic, perfectionist father and slowly .

News & Articles

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• First Person: How Perfectionism Can Lead to Small Business Management Mistakes
  A lifetime of being a perfectionist as well as a 30 plus year career gave me lots of opportunity to learn the management mistakes that perfectionism trap you into. During my career I've held various management positions including vice president of sales and marketing for a small business followed by six years as owner of a small business and over five years as a small business consultant.
  June 10, 2013 - Yahoo! Contributor Network via Yahoo! Finance
• In 'Shocked,' Patricia Volk Honors Two Formative Femmes
  Both Elsa Schiaparelli and Audrey Morgen Volk loved clothing. They were also strict, impatient and volatile. In her memoir, Patricia Volk describes how an iconoclastic, Italian fashion designer and a loving, perfectionist mother helped her move into adulthood.
  June 10, 2013 - NPR
• All-County scholar envisions career path to the classroom
  It's OK to make mistakes. It's the life lesson Stephanie Harper, a self-proclaimed perfectionist, hopes to eventually teach the children of her future classroom. '
  June 10, 2013 - Livingston County Daily Press & Argus

Quotes

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• Dr Michael E DeBakey in San Jose Mercury News
  In a 1985 Associated Press interview, DeBakey said, "I'm accused of being a perfectionist and, in the way it's usually defined, I guess I am. In medicine, and certainly in surgery,"
• Bill Keller in International Herald Tribune
  When you watched her work - relentless on the phone, gnawing her fingernails to the nub, a perfectionist on the keyboard - you'd think: a workhorse, not a showhorse,said Bill Keller, executive editor of The New York Times. "Then you'd read...
• Kevin Pietersen in WalesOnline
  It was great fun and if I get the opportunity I will do the job like I did here,said Pietersen. "The thing for me is I am a perfectionist and I strive on doing things really well, to the best of my ability and being successful. Finishing...