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"If we don't stop somewhere, if we don't accept an unhappy compromise, unhappy for both sides, if we don't learn how to unhappily coexist and contain our burned sense of injustice - if we don't learn how to do that, we end up in a doomed state."
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"If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen."
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"But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward."
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"Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical."
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"True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise."
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"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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"Once you're signed to a label you compromise."
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"Oftentimes, when constituencies or sectors of opinion are distinct, when they are confronted with a situation where they're going to have to make a serious compromise, they react very negatively publicly, but they also recognize when they step back that this is right."
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"Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf."
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"It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found."
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"I don't think you can compromise, news either has integrity or it doesn't. It either is accurate, balanced and fair or it isn't."
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"But The Same Sea is set precisely in this Israel, which never makes it to the news headlines anywhere. It is a novel about everyday people far removed from fundamentalism, fanaticism nationalism, or militancy of any sort."
People
"Well, my definition of a tragedy is a clash between right and right."
Tragedy
"Every single pleasure I can imagine or have experienced is more delightful, more of a pleasure, if you take it in small sips, if you take your time. Reading is not an exception."
Time
"In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather."
Birds
"It is crystal clear to me that if Arabs put down a draft resolution blaming Israel for the recent earthquake in Iran it would probably have a majority, the U.S. would veto it and Britain and France would abstain."
Diplomacy
"I wrote a novel about Israelis who live their own lives on the slope of a volcano. Near a volcano one still falls in love, one still gets jealous, one still wants a promotion, one still gossips."
Love
"The actual gap between Labor, Likud and the new central party is microscopic."
Labor
"But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and have been in a position to determine who forms a coalition and who runs the country."
Balance
"One of the things I wanted to introduce in The Same Sea beyond transcending the conflict, is the fact that deep down below all our secrets are the same."
Conflict
"A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops."
People
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