"Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests……" — Ambrose Bierce

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• The ability of a television series to make adjustments is something you've got to take advantage of. — J. J. Abrams
• Pakistan is heir to an intellectual tradition of which the illustrious exponent was the poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal. He… — Benazir Bhutto
• Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it… — Juliette Binoche
• The degree of leverage now being reversed is staggering, and the underlying global imbalances - notably between the savers and… — Vince Cable
• A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity… — James Allen
• I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make… — Nick Clegg
• Every river appears to consist of a main trunk, fed from a variety of branches, each running in a valley… — John Playfair
• Beauty is the adjustment of all parts proportionately so that one cannot add or subtract or change without impairing the… — Leon Battista Alberti
• You can win tournaments when you're mechanical, but golf is a game of emotion and adjustment. If you're not aware… — Jack Nicklaus
• We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical… — Eric Hoffer
• Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible… — Zhuangzi
• America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment;… — Calvin Coolidge

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