"Who'll hold families together, if everybody has to live? Living is a compromise, between doing what you want and doing what other people want."

Compromise, Family, Responsibility, Desire

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"Who'll hold families together, if everybody has to live? Living is a compromise, between doing what you want and doing what other people want."

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"They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?"

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"The devil is compromise."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

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"Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it."

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Bill Owens, American Politician

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"We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum."

Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman

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"Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"Otherwise, to be a movie star, it's a lot of compromise and also a lot of headaches. You can't do what you want. You become a prisoner of your fame. This happened to me in France and I don't want it."

Olivier Martinez, French Actor

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"Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself."

Toby Keith, American Musician

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"I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more."

Claire McCaskill, American Politician

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"I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence."

Walter Annenberg, American Businessman

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