Larry Wall Quotes
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Quotes to Explore
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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To say that we mutually agree to coercion is not to say that we are required to enjoy it, or even to pretend we enjoy it.
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When you're devoted to a greater freedom in the world, you're willing to compromise something you love.
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
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A private jet is not a luxury; it is a necessity.
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I think everybody wants someone who understands them and is able to compromise and meet them halfway. I mean, it goes both ways, you know?
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I tend to agree with many aspects of President Obama's policies.
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Compromise in colors is grey.
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Producing is a world of compromise and actors are utterly spoiled all the time.
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Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.
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I am perfectly happy to compromise and work with anybody: Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians - I'll work with Martians if - and the if is critical - they're willing to cut spending and reduce the debt.
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The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.
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I don't agree that everyone should agree with everyone's lifestyle. I think that some people aren't going to agree, but I think that when you're mean and when you ridicule people it's a sign of your own insecurities.
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the only leader in this House that will not compromise.
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It was a compromise. There was a sense that I could write my own memoirs, and Larry [Grobel] would help me down the line, or maybe not, maybe he was too close to me.
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I think Dan [Rather] is transparently liberal. Now he may not like to hear me say that. I always agree with him, too. But I think he should be more careful.
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What i do in my personal time is about me. if other people dont agree, then it doesn't matter 'cos it's my opinion and that's what counts at the end of the day.
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To the mass of mankind religion of some kind is a necessity.
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. . . black women . . . are trained from childhood to become workers, and expect to be financially self-supporting for most of their lives. They know they will have to work, whether they are married or single; work to them, unlike to white women, is not a liberating goal, but rather an imposed lifelong necessity.
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People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.
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I'm terrified of passive acquiescence. I live in intensity.
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When one creates phantoms for oneself, one puts vampires into the world, and one must nourish these children of a voluntary nightmare with one's blood, one's life, one's intellegence, and one's reason, without ever satisfying them.
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We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
