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"A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'"
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"Games are a compromise between intimacy and keeping intimacy away."
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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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"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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"The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune."
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"Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer."
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"Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise."
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"Once you're signed to a label you compromise."
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"Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity."
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"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."
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"A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit."
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"This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands."
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"I can make a firm pledge, under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."
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"Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career."
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"I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that."
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"We want everybody to act like adults, quit playing games, realize that it's not just my way or the highway."
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"My task over the last two years hasn't just been to stop the bleeding. My task has also been to try to figure out how do we address some of the structural problems in the economy that have prevented more Googles from being created."
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"I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody."
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"I just miss - I miss being anonymous."
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