Compromise Quotes - Page 40

• While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines...

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Israel, Lines, Prepared

  "US Israel talks on Palestine". "AM" with Jane Cowan, www.abc.net.au. May 21, 2011.

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• At some fundamental level, religion does not allow for compromise. It insists on the impossible. If God has spoken, then followers are expected to live up to God's edicts, regardless of the consequences. To base one's life on such uncompromising commitment may be sublime; to base our policy making on such commitments would be a dangerous thing.

  Barack Obama

  Commitment, Policy Making, Sublime

  Barack Obama (2006). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.153, Crown

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• Many seducers clutter the simple message of the gospel with legalistic additions, with convoluted attempts to legitimize moral compromise, and with psychological theories that turn churches into relational support groups instead of houses of worship.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Simple, House, Support

  Charles R. Swindoll (2007). “So, You Want To Be Like Christ?: Eight Essentials to Get You There”, p.33, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The real two-party system in America is the Meanies and the Weenies. The Meanies want to take away your benefits, and the Weenies want to compromise with them.

  Alan Grayson

  Real, Party, Two

  "Alan Grayson Strikes Back". Interview with Lloyd Grove, www.newsweek.com. November 28, 2011.

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• The defence of democracy must consist in making anti-democratic experiences too costly for those who try them; much more costly than a democratic compromise

  Karl Popper

  Democracy, Trying, Democratic

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• Women can be strong, be smart, be sexy, be mothers, be wives, and be powerful. We don't need to compromise.

  Amber Valletta

  Sexy, Mother, Strong

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Truth is, no two people are completely compatible. We have to learn to become one. That means we may have to make sacrifices; we may have to overlook some things. We must be willing to compromise for the good of the relationship.

  Joel Osteen

  Mean, Sacrifice, Two

  Joel Osteen (2012). “It's Your Time and Become a Better You Boxed Set”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

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• We can become great in the eyes of others, but we'll never become successful when we compromise our character and show disloyalty toward friends or teammates. The reverse is also true: No individual or team will become great without loyalty.

  John Wooden

  Loyalty, Team, Character

  John Wooden (2010). “Coach Wooden's Pyramid of Success (Large Print 16pt)”, p.29, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway.

  John Calvin

  Principles, Needs, Happens

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• Better to be an animal than a man, an insect than an animal, a plant than an insect, and so on. Salvation? Whatever diminishes the kingdom of consciousness and compromises its supremacy.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Animal, Men, Kingdoms

  Emile M. Cioran (1976). “The Trouble with Being Born”, Viking Books

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• It's difficult to make the interesting feature films that don't fit easily into a genre, even on modest budgets. It's tough to get those films made, but I'd rather try to get those films made than compromise too much.

  Julian Jarrold

  Interesting, Trying, Too Much

  Source: collider.com

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• Nobody sets out to make a bad film, but so many of those compromises are made and often they're made because of vanity, pride and ego.

  Rick McCallum

  Pride, Vanity, Ego

  Source: collider.com

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• I've made compromises to survive in life, and to be able to do what I want to do. But, once anything has been put on screen, I've never made a compromise.

  Rie Rasmussen

  Want, Able, Made

  Source: collider.com

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• In my personal life I've made a lot of compromises. I don't live comfortably. I've lived out of a suitcase for the last 15 years. I have lived without a dime to my name, for a very long time.

  Rie Rasmussen

  Years, Names, Long

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm always on the road, and there's a very male-dominated energy where I am. There's that aggressive energy surrounding me, all the time. So, in personal peace and harmony, I've totally made a gazillion compromises.

  Rie Rasmussen

  Energy, Males, Harmony

  Source: collider.com

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• What encryption lets us do is say, "Yes, the Internet is insecure." Bad guys are able to compromise computers everywhere, but we're able to tolerate that because if they do intercept our messages, they can't do any harm with it.

  Matt Blaze

  Insecure, Guy, Encryption

  Source: www.politico.com

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• The body is a bundle of careful compromises.

  Randolph M. Nesse

  Body, Bundles, Careful

  Randolph M. Nesse, George C. Williams (2012). “Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine”, p.12, Vintage

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• My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for the sake of other members of my group when I shouldn't have, because I was right in the end.

  Ziggy Marley

  Independent, Artist, Decision

  "The 'Marley' Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.theskanner.com. April 23, 2012.

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• Compromise in your arguments, not in your expectations.

  Ron Kaufman

  Expectations, Argument

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• Parents walk a fine line between discipline and grace - values have to hold even when circumstances change or call for compromise or compassion. It's the ultimate challenge to be both firm and fluid, soft and strong, yielding yet rock solid.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Strong, Compassion, Rocks

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• If you live with a single parent, you don't see compromise. You witness a grown person living in a world where they do what they want to do. When you are raised by two parents, you are constantly watching compromise take place. Just by observing that, it made me a better person.

  Chris Rock

  Two, Parent, World

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All government is founded on compromise and banter.

  Edmund Burke

  Government, Banter

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• Human beings are born solitary, but everywhere they are in chains - daisy chains - of interactivity. Social actions are makeshift forms, often courageous, sometimes ridiculous, always strange. And in a way, every social action is a negotiation, a compromise between 'his,' 'her' or 'their' wish and yours.

  Andy Warhol

  Wish, Way, Action

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• Most Americans don't live their lives solely as Democrats or Republicans or conservatives or liberals. Most Americans live their lives that are just a little bit late for something they have to do. Often it's something they do not want to do, but they do it. Impossible things get done every day that are only made possible by the little, reasonable compromises.

  Jon Stewart

  Impossible Things, Done, Want

  Closing speech at "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear", October 30, 2010.

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• We have to stop all of the fighting and talking without listening and find a sense of compromise. It's very evident that it could possibly happen. No matter what your political views are, we're in a very dangerous state of politics.

  Edwin Hodge

  Fighting, Talking, Views

  Source: collider.com

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