Compromise Quotes
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Compromise is a stalling between two fools.
Stephen Fry
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It is not lawful for you to make a compromise with God: to try to fulfill part of your duties and to omit others at your own pleasure.
John Calvin
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Anything you do as a group is fraught with compromise... But everyone 's got to do that, right? It's part of being a good parent, or a good boyfriend, whatever.
Michael Stipe R.E.M.
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Rome wasn't built on caution and compromise.
Conn Iggulden
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Democracy is our most valuable possession. Upholding it is our duty and our responsibility. This means a continuous, decisive and self-confident argument; it means effort and endeavor to reach compromise and long-lasting consensus. These form the cornerstones of the only form of political system that can guarantee freedom.
Wolfgang Thierse
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A compromise is done willingly and out of love. You don't go away thinking, "I betrayed myself."
Caroline Myss
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Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
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Faced with the opportunity to become the category of one, we almost always hesitate, almost always compromise, almost always dumb it down to play it a little bit safer
Seth Godin
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As a woman, I think my style defines my leadership in that it's a gentler, more compassionate approach. Rather than tell people what's good for them, I consult, I listen and I compromise where it's in the best interest of the citizens.
Dalia Grybauskaite
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The authenticity aspect is pretty important to me. When we have to compromise and do something that's not authentic, it really rubs me, every time I have to see it in the edit, which is millions of times.
Cary Fukunaga
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When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.
John Maynard Keynes
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Single people without children have a "childish sensitivity and are unwilling or unable to compromise or fit in.
Ninni Holmqvist
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Any time a party has lost three consecutive elections, it becomes a bit more willing to explore the notion of principled compromise so it's able to pursue some of its objectives.
Evan Bayh
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When a Caltech student asked the eminent cosmologist Michael Turner what his "bias" was in favoring one or another particle as a likely candidate to compromise dark matter in the universe, Feynmann snapped, "Why do you want to know his bias? Form your own bias!"
Richard Feynman
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Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.
Nicole Kidman
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Without trust, the best we can do is compromise.
Stephen Covey
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I don't compromise. I only do the stuff I want to do.
Sarah Silverman
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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