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"Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical."
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"I felt that to do this drug, I had to become someone totally different than I was. I had to compromise my integrity, my value system. I knew it was so wrong."

"You can't always have the best team. It's always a compromise."

"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."

"You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not."

"Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise."

"It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found."

"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?"

"Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away."

"But to put out a greatest hits on one CD was totally impossible, I just couldn't do it. The best compromise was to put out two CDs - Early Days - which is what it is - and Latter Days."
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"Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost."

"I know when I'm working I seldom get into trouble. My educated guess is that boredom has caused most of the problems with Hollywood celebrities."

"I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There's nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared."

"I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him."

"Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel."

"I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with."

"I advise everybody not to save: spend your money. Most people save all their lives and leave it to somebody else. Money is to be enjoyed."

"Let any pretty girl announce a divorce in Hollywood and the wolves come running. Fresh meat for the beast, and they are always hungry."
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