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

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"Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical."

Hedy Lamarr, Austrian Actress

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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."

Richard Parsons, American Executive

Compromise, Integrity, News

"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

Compromise, Constitution, Country, Writing

"I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics."

Peter Singer, Australian Philosopher

Compromise, Ethics

"Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got."

Janis Joplin, American Musician

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"Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself."

Toby Keith, American Musician

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

Charles Horton Cooley, American Sociologist

Compromise, End, Man, Prudence

"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."

Mike Leigh, British Director

Compromise, Danger, Film, Hollywood

"I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear right now that the Republican Party is welcoming moderates any more."

Claire McCaskill, American Politician

Compromise, Now, Party, Republican

"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.'"

Barack Obama, American President

Compromise, Music, Legislation, Sense

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"Fashion is an imposition, a reign on freedom."

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"I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome."

Success, Question, Right

"There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row."

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"Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short."

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

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"I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war."

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"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do."

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"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present."

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"We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient."

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"It's no accident many accuse me of conducting public affairs with my heart instead of my head. Well, what if I do? Those who don't know how to weep with their whole heart don't know how to laugh either."

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