The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
— Anna Quindlen  ·  Perfection

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really ['riəlɪ] 词频1
adv. 真，真正;实在，果真;实际上;事实上;
💡 real真实的+ly表副词 →真正地
"Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served."
汤姆确实饿坏了,把端到桌上的东西吃得精光.
近义：honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly 反义：hypocritically, insincerely, lyingly, meretriciously, misleadingly, untruthfully
perfect ['pɝfɪkt] 词频1 词根: fac
adj. 完美的;正确的;优秀的;极好的; n. [语]完成时;
💡 per全部+fect做→全部做完→完美的；完全的
"Everyone liked my father—he was the perfect gentleman."
大家都喜欢我父亲—他是真正的君子。
近义：improve, purify, refine, upgrade, better, meliorate 反义：incomplete, bad, sketchy, unaccomplished, uncompleted, unfinished
beginning [bɪ'ɡɪnɪŋ] 词频2
n. 开始;根源;原始思想;前兆; v. 开始( begin的现在分词);
💡 beginn=begin开始+ing表名词→开始，开端；起源
"From beginning to end his conduct had been despicable and wicked."
从头到尾他的行为既卑鄙又可恶.
近义：inauguration, inception, initiation, kickoff, leadoff, nascence 反义：outcome, pause, result, stop, suspension, termination
yourself [jɔr'sɛlf] 词频1
pron. 你自己;（用以加强语气）亲自;你的正常或健康的情况;
💡 your你的+self自己 → 你自己
"De-stress yourself with a relaxing bath."
舒舒服服洗个澡放松一下。
近义：herself, himself, itself, oneself, themselves, thyself
amazing [ə'mezɪŋ] 词频2
adj. 令人惊异的; vt. 使大为吃惊，使惊奇( amaze的现在分词);使惊异：感到非常好奇; n. 吃惊;好奇;
💡 amaz=amaze惊异+ing形容词后缀 → 令人惊异的
"That's amazing, isn't it?"
真是令人惊叹，是不是？
近义：incredible, arresting, marvelous, astonishing, astounding, miraculous 反义：inartistic, artless, modest, mundane, normal, average
thing [θiŋ] 词频1
n. 事件，形势;东西，事物;家伙;事业;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以过得下去。
近义：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob

📜 Anna Quindlen 的更多名言

"The world is full of women blindsided by the unceasing demands of motherhood, still flabbergasted by how a job can be terrific and torturous."
"But never fear, gentlemen; castration was really not the point of feminism, and we women are too busy eviscerating one another to take you on."
"A man who builds his own pedestal had better use strong cement."
"I can't think of anything to write about except families. They are a metaphor for every other part of society."
"I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think interior decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves."
"If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all."
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🏷 更多「Perfection」名言

"If you'd like to be good at something, the first thing to out the window is the notion of perfection."
— Unknown
"You have to let people see what you wrote. It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring."
— Unknown
"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business."
— Michael J. Fox
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it."
— Salvador Dali
"[M]aybe the most any of us can expect of ourselves isn't perfection but progress."
— Michelle Burford
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