That's my point. I think pursuit of perfection would be fine as an example of stripping down the message. It's relentless that's the extra word. But I don't think you can take pursuit out and still have the same message. I added chasing back in, but the basic idea was perfection in isolation was no longer the same message and so by itself wasn't an example of stripping down the message. Taking pursuit out alters the message.
I completely agree about the word relentless being superfluous. I suppose someone might try to argue that the pursuit of perfection may not be relentless, but that person isn't me.
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