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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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"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?"

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

"If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen."

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

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

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

"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."

"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."
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"Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys."

"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore."

"There's no difference between one's killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It's exactly the same thing, or even worse."

"Women's liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one is likely to do anything about that."

"The Egyptians could run to Egypt, the Syrians into Syria. The only place we could run was into the sea, and before we did that we might as well fight."

"The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with."
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