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“My own standards that I'll hold myself to is if the product that I'm making feels honest and it feels like I didn't compromise and it just came from an honest, correct place.”

Ifs Feels My Own Honest Products Standards Compromise

Author:Neill Blomkamp

“And you can really see in all of these issues that are priorities for Eleanor Roosevelt, where the compromises are painful, the compromises are hard, and the difficulties between them really begin to loom very large by 1936, by 1938.”

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Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook

“The problem is, if at all, in the different view of the economy, of economic growth. Growth is too low, even for us. That needs to change: More investments, a stronger role by the European Central Bank. Otherwise, there are no tensions between Italy and Germany. But on this point, compromises must be reached and we will reach them.”

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Author:Paolo Gentiloni

“Surround yourself with a really good group of friends that are true and honest and won't lead you astray and make you compromise who you are as a woman or a young woman.”

Young Groups Honest Who You Are Compromise Surround Young Women Surround Yourself Group Of Friends

Author:V V Brown

“Ted Cruz said he wanted to find a compromise. Ted Cruz said he wanted to bring 11 million people out of the shadows. Ted Cruz said that he wanted immigration reform to pass. Here's the bottom line. I tried to solve a very difficult issue, and we tried to produce the best and most conservative bill possible in a Senate controlled by Harry Reid at the time, and then send it over to the House and have them, conservatives, make it even better.”

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Author:Marco Rubio

“I won't do anything for money. I won't compromise my manhood.”

Compromise Manhood

Author:Ice Cube

“I like Obama, but I understand that his hands are tied, the way Congress is reacting. It's just partisan politics everywhere, and don't know how we going to get things done in the future without compromising a little bit.”

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Author:Ice Cube

“Everybody in the world has to compromise. I don't know one person that gets everything they want, so the politicians are going to have to figure that out and stop pointing out, "He shook hands with a Democrat in 1989. He ate with a Republican last week." It's petty high school, even junior high stuff going on. It's junior high politics going on, so it's a shame.”

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Author:Ice Cube

“And using that - the birth of a religion, it suggests that you have got two tests. You have the test of weakness. When you're weak, do you compromise, do you bend, do you give in, do you accommodate? And then the test of strength. When you're strong, are you merciful, are you generous, or are you cruel?”

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Author:Salman Rushdie

“I had a sort of bad experiences as a playwright early on, when directors were putting in huge concepts that I didn't intend, or they were stylizing something that was compromising the play, so I started to think like, "well if I'm going to fight against this, I should learn how to direct".”

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Author:Adam Rapp

“At Pixar, I don't have to compromise at all. When I look at the finished "Toy Story 3," I don't sit and constantly think, oh, the actor was having a bad day, or oh, it rained and we couldn't use that set. The story that I wanted to tell is what is on screen, and I haven't had to compromise it one iota.”

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Author:Lee Unkrich

“I have been able to find out what I really really want to do myself, trying out ideas that I haven't been able to do before because you don't have to compromise when you work by yourself.”

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Author:Karin Dreijer Andersson

“The process of growth is obviously critical to my understanding of the land and myself. So the process is far more unpredictable with far more compromises with the day, the weather, the material.”

Process Understanding Growth Land Materials Critical Weather Compromise Unpredictable

Author:Andy Goldsworthy

“Each and every human being on Earth has both the responsibility and the privilege of viewing themselves as Divine beings with the power to bring about peace.”

Humans Earth Human Beings Responsibility Divine Privilege Compromise

Author:James F. Twyman

“Compromise to please others is not as good as integrity that annoys others. Rather than be praised without being good, it is better to be slandered without being bad.”

Integrity Please Be Good Compromise Taoism Annoying Being Bad

Author:Zicheng Hong

“For me, equal citizenship for Muslims, Christians, Jews, Atheists and Agnostics is an indisputable principle. Whoever you are, you should get the same rights with no discussion and no compromise.”

Should Christian Principles Rights Equal Atheist Jew Compromise Discussion Citizenship No Compromise

Author:Tariq Ramadan

“My main goal in life is to just be happy. I don't compromise my happiness for anything. If I find what makes me happy I'm going to do that. That's really going with the flow of life. As far as like the mainstream stuff, if my destiny takes me there and I end up going that route, then that's fine.”

Ifs Ends Life Is Stuff Goal Destiny Fine Flow Compromise Take Me Mainstream Routes Make Me Happy Life Goal My Destiny Just Be Happy Going With The Flow

Author:Jhene Aiko

“Me as a person...I'm really laid back, I'm really an on my own time type of person so its just kind of like if I have to compromise some of that for the mainstream success...to me its not really worth it. I just like to sing.”

Ifs Kind Persons My Own Type Compromise Mainstream Worth It Laid Back

Author:Jhene Aiko

“Because people love music, I feel it's my responsibility to produce more of the music and to get it out to more people, so like I said, If the mainstream route does that without compromising me being happy as a person then that's something I'll do.”

People Ifs Feels Persons Doe Said Responsibility Produce Compromise Mainstream Routes Music Love

Author:Jhene Aiko

“I don't kid myself in thinking that I'm on the front lines. I know the people who are on the front lines. I mean there are people in some freakin' significant places making on-the-ground social front line change. I've marched. I've put feet on the ground for what I believe and what I'm against with no compromise. And there are people who are risking a whole hell of a lot more than me to make change, that's for damn sure.”

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Author:Ben Harper

“No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.”

Compassion Married Patience Compromise Bossy

Author:Star Jones

“If you are married and you go off and have an affair with someone, if you are a husband who does that, it may potentially hurt your wife enormously. But it seems to me likely also to compromise your marriage. That seems to me to be a harm.”

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Author:Andrew Solomon

“One thing that I don’t know if people have come to grips with yet is just how serious ISIS is, just how serious militant Islamists are about Sharia. There is no compromise. There is no halfway. There is no mutual cohabitation plan.”

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Author:Rush Limbaugh

“When you're the guy behind the camera, you're aware of the reasons for the compromises or the changes that get made. As an actor, you go and do your thing, and someone else down the line then does all the math and goes, "We can't include that thing where he's pretending to be dumb and needling those people, because it takes a minute and a half, and it ruins the next scene. It doesn't make sense." If you're directing, you're the one doing that.”

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Author:Casey Affleck

“We have to stop all of the fighting and talking without listening and find a sense of compromise. It's very evident that it could possibly happen. No matter what your political views are, we're in a very dangerous state of politics.”

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Author:Edwin Hodge

“I'm not against free trade but I'm against free trade deals that are negotiated badly, that actually compromise jobs, manufacturing jobs, compromise the national interest.”

Jobs Interest Deals Trade Compromise Manufacturing Free Trade National Interests

Author:Nick Xenophon

“The difficulty, if you're in the world - and this is for anybody - is the eventual disappointment that comes with having to meet other versions of reality. Imposed systems that ask you to compromise or sacrifice things which you consider holy or sacred.”

Ifs World Reality Asks Sacrifice Holy Difficulty Sacred Disappointment Versions Compromise

Author:Billy Corgan

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

“Conflicts often stem from a couple of leaders on both sides that are badly brought up. They'd rather go to war than compromise. And in business, you're competing with other companies all the time, but you don't end up going to war with each other.”

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Author:Richard Branson

“Realize that change - whilst we want it to happen fast - is usually the result of a great deal of work, and often comes as a result of a series of compromises (so long as we do not compromise our values).”

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Author:Jane Goodall

“Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment.”

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Author:Michael Badnarik

“I must have dialogue with the Chinese government, and dialogue requires compromise. Therefore, I'm speaking for genuine self-rule, not for independence.”

Self Government Independence Genuine Dialogue Compromise Chinese Chinese Government

Author:Dalai Lama

“I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that.”

People Thinking Way Want Feels Trying Kind Art Hurt Compromise Aquarius

Author:Erykah Badu

“Never compromise and sell yourself short.”

Sells Compromise Never Compromise Yourself Short

Author:Naturi Naughton

“But it is the best thing that we have for bringing the countries of Europe around the same table and for forging compromises so that people here can live in peace, freedom and prosperity. In a world which is growing closer together all the time, we can only survive and influence the rules if we join forces. We will miss the presence of the United Kingdom at this table.”

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Author:Jean-Claude Juncker

“With their charm and legendary sense of humor, the British directly or indirectly paved the way for a large number of European compromises.”

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Author:Jean-Claude Juncker

“I'm not good at compromise.”

Compromise

Author:Robert Redford

“The churches that are growing and thriving are churches that I would call evangelical and orthodox for the most part in their beliefs. They are churches that tend to evangelize ... and encourage their people to share their faith. These are the churches that are actually growing. The ones that are shrinking are the ones that are compromising and watering down what the word of God says.”

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Author:Greg Laurie

“I'm not gonna be one of those actors who's like, "It's such a drag to not see your kids." Of course it is, but that's the compromise that you're making.”

Kids Courses Actors Compromise Drag

Author:John Krasinski

“It is a moral issue how we are going to treat workers. On these issues, these are moral issues, principled issues, where there aren't compromises.”

Moral Issues Treats Workers Compromise Principled Moral Issues

Author:Edward Kennedy

“The UN platform was created precisely for this, to seek compromise, to communicate with one another. So it will definitely be nice if we make use of this platform.”

Ifs Use Nice Communicate Compromise Platforms Being Nice

Author:Vladimir Putin

“We have established the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union not by force, but through a compromise. It was a challenging, complicated, multi-year process based on agreement, compromise and mutually acceptable conditions in the hope of creating for our economies and for our people better competitive advantages in the world markets and in the world as a whole.”

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Author:Vladimir Putin

“I am the president of 146 million Russians. I have to represent their interests. We are willing to settle this without any conflicts and to search for compromises on the basis of international law.”

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Author:Vladimir Putin

“Notably, it was only possible [ negotiating on the Tarabarov Island], and this is very important, due to the high level of trust Russia and China reached in their relations by that time. If we reach the same level of trust with Japan, we might be able to reach certain compromises.”

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Author:Vladimir Putin

“I believe that in fact it would be economically reasonable and logical to reach a compromise [on oil production], I am sure that everybody understands this.”

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Author:Vladimir Putin

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

Thinking Weakness Sells Compromise Flexibility

Author:Paul Kagame

“Are we expected to live in a world where we can no longer send death threats to colleagues via email? Where we can no longer IM other people to suggest physically improbable and morally dodgy sexual practices? Where doctoring photos of people to place them in legally compromising positions is frowned upon? Who wants to live in that sort of world? Not this column, that's for sure.”

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Author:Ian O'Doherty

“Never compromise a dream. Do what you must. The fears, beasts, and mountains before you are part of the plan. Stepping stones to a promised land. To a time and place that is so much closer than even you expect. So don't let your eyes deceive you, for even as you read these words, your ship swiftly approaches.”

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Book:Notes from the Universe: New Perspectives from an Old Friend

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“This [anti-terrorism bill] is a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech and the Fourth Amendment protection of private property... Some of these provisions place more power in the hands of law enforcement than our Founding Fathers could have dreamt and severely compromises the civil liberties of law-abiding Americans. This bill, while crafted with good intentions, is rife with constitutional infringements I could not support.”

“The position of EU commissioner for economic and monetary affairs could be combined with the office of Euro Group chairman. That job would be a great challenge for anyone who assumed it. On the one hand, he would have to make proposals. On the other hand, he would have to negotiate compromises with his European counterparts.”

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Author:Jean-Claude Juncker

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