"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.'"

Compromise, Music, Legislation, Sense

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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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"If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity."

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"To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be."

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"Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out."

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"I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent."

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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."

Colin Powell, American Statesman

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

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"The devil is compromise."

Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian Poet

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

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"When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union, I had come to the conclusion that the loss of these sources to the U.S. would not compromise significant national defense, political, diplomatic interests."

Aldrich Ames, American Criminal

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

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