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• To win this war, we have been forced into a strategic compromise which will most certainly offend the Russians.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  War, Winning, Strategy

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• Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise. Once and again one of those great influences which we call a Cause arises in the midst of a nation. Men of strenuous minds and high ideals come forward.... The attacks they sustain are more cruel than the collision of arms.... Friends desert and despise them.... They stand alone and oftentimes are made bitter by their isolation.... They are doing nothing less than defy public opinion, and shall they convert it by blows. Yes.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Leadership, Men, Blow

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• [A politician is] a person skilled in the art of compromise. Usually an elected official who has compromised to get nominated, compromised to get elected, and compromised repeatedly to stay in office.

  Dick Gregory

  Art, Office, Politician

  Dick Gregory (1972). “Dick Gregory's political primer”

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• In most cases an act of unwelcome sex is no more bother than being vaccinated, so there's no point going on about it as if it werea fate worse than death. With skill and good manners you can avoid having to make the sacrifice, but should you find yourself in a compromising situation largely of your own making, you should stop defending your virtue and start worrying about your maturity. It will give you something to think about while the savage pumper bangs away.

  Quentin Crisp

  Sex, Fate, Sacrifice

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• Habit is a compromise effected between an individual and his environment.

  Samuel Beckett

  Environment, Habit, Individual

  "Proust". Book by Samuel Beckett, p. 7, 1957.

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• Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, long after our votes have been tallied.

  Barack Obama

  Long, Together, Speech

  Remarks by President Obama in Address to the United Nations General Assembly, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 21, 2011.

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• Of course, in the reality of history, the Machiavellian view which glorifies the principle of violence has been able to dominate.Not the compromising conciliatory politics of humaneness, not the Erasmian, but rather the politics of vested power which firmly exploits every opportunity, politics in the sense of the "Principe," has determined the development of European history ever since.

  Stefan Zweig

  Opportunity, Reality, Views

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• Compromise today is too often applauded simply for itself. The cost of compromise to principles and real lives doesn't seem to matter.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Real, Principles, Cost

  "Elizabeth Edwards: 'With Less Armor Than I Have, They Fight Too'" by Jamie Court, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 7, 2010.

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• Those who need a champion cannot afford compromise, in the face of forces that are powerful, persistent and pernicious and greedy.

  Elizabeth Edwards

  Powerful, Champion, Faces

  "Elizabeth Edwards: 'With Less Armor Than I Have, They Fight Too'". Elizabeth Edwards' speech at Consumer Watchdog’s 2007 Rage for Justice dinner, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 7, 2010.

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• This is an opportunity to create a better future for the NFL, to improve the game for our fans, and to expand the economic benefits for the players and teams. Staying with the status quo is not an option. The world has changed for everyone, including the NFL and our fans. We must get better in everything we do ... If both sides compromise and give a little, everyone will get a lot, especially the fans.

  Roger Goodell

  Team, Opportunity, Player

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• The prevailing notion is that the state should be neutral as to religion, and furthermore, that the best way to be neutral about it is to avoid all mention of it. By this sort of logic, nudism is the best compromise among different styles of dress. The secularist version of 'pluralism' amounts to theological nudism.

  Joseph Sobran

  Christian, Religious, Style

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• The two most powerful nations of the world had been squared off against each other, each with its finger on the button. You'd have thought that war was inevitable. But both sides showed that if the desire to avoid war is strong enough, even the most pressing dispute can be solved by compromise. And a compromise over Cuba was indeed found.

  Nikita Khrushchev

  Strong, Powerful, War

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• I hate Bernard Shaw because he says that life is compromise.

  Christina Stead

  Hate, Life Is, Bernard Shaw

  Christina Stead (1945). “For Love Alone”, p.33, The Miegunyah Press

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• Odors from decaying food wafting through the air when the door is opened, colorful mold growing between a wet gym uniform and thedamp carpet underneath, and the complete supply of bath towels scattered throughout the bedroom can become wonderful opportunities to help your teenager learn once again that the art of living in a community requires compromise, negotiation, and consensus.

  Barbara Coloroso

  Art, Teenager, Opportunity

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• Terrified of being alone, yet afraid of intimacy, we experience widespread feelings of emptiness, of disconnection, of the unreality of self. And here the computer, a companion without emotional demands, offers a compromise. You can be a loner, but never alone. You can interact, but need never feel vulnerable to another person.

  Sherry Turkle

  Loneliness, Emotional, Self

  Sherry Turkle (1985). “The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit”, Touchstone Books

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• From their struggles to establish dominance over each other, siblings become tougher and more resilient. From their endless rough-housing with each other, they develop speed and agility. From their verbal sparring they learn the difference between being clever and being hurtful. From the normal irritations of living together, they learn how to assert themselves, defend themselves, compromise. And sometimes, from their envy of each other's special abilities they become inspired to work harder, persist and achieve.

  Adele Faber

  Clever, Sibling, Struggle

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• When you're in a romantic relationship, of course, there is a lot more compromise and you have to be a lot more unselfish.

  Olivia Wilde

  Unselfish, Romantic Relationship, Courses

  Source: collider.com

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• The difference between romantic love and friendship love is that romantic love involves a lot of compromise. It is a very giving type of love. With friendship, you can be a little bit more autonomous. You are not expected to compromise, in the same way. Maybe that's why friendships tend to last longer.

  Olivia Wilde

  Love Is, Romantic Love, Differences

  Source: collider.com

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• Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. As an actor, you're giving it up, you're at the mercy of so many other people.

  Christian Bale

  Art, Giving, People

  "Christian Bale May Kill Someone Yet". Interview with John H. Richardson, www.esquire.com. November 15, 2010.

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• Life is full of compromises, and whether or not you're willing to negotiate.

  Julianne Moore

  Life Is, Willing

  Source: collider.com

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• In terms of cinema and filmmaking, there are certainly the unexpected gifts that the actors bestow on you. Film is always a question of compromises with respect to what you originally intended.

  Michael Haneke

  Unexpected Gifts, Cinema, Actors

  "Michael Haneke Talks AMOUR, His Inspiration for the Film, His Casting Decisions, Physical and Emotional Demands of the Film and Shooting the Film in French". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. December 14, 2012.

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• But glittering prizes and endless compromises, Shatter the illusion of integrity...

  Neil Peart

  Integrity, Illusion, Endless

  "Song: The Spirit Of Radio (Permanent Waves)". December 1979.

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• The most important thing is not to allow yourself to find an excuse that will let you not to do something you really want. Doing compromises makes people weaker.

  Valentina

  People, Important, Want

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• When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, you have paralysis. It's the perversion of idealism.

  Beau Willimon

  Party, Way, Middle

  "House of Cards' creator Beau Willimon plays a solid hand". Interview with Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. August 28, 2013.

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• Man... is an inextricable tangle of culture and biology. And not being simple, he is not simply good; he has... a kind of hell within him from which rise everlastingly the impulses which threaten his civilization. He has the faculty of imagining for himself more in the way of pleasure and satisfaction than he can possibly achieve. Everything that he gains he pays for in more than equal coin; compromise and the compounding with defeat constitute his best way of getting through the world. His best qualities are the result of a struggle whose outcome is tragic. Yet he is a creature of love.

  Lionel

  Struggle, Simple, Men

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