"Swearing was invented as a compromise between running……" — Finley Peter Dunne

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• One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe
• No book includes the entire world. It's limited. And so it doesn't seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to… — Paul Auster
• Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it.… — Michael Badnarik
• I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try… — Erykah Badu
• Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. — Christian Bale
• The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that,… — William Barclay
• I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
• A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a… — Pope Benedict XVI
• Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other.… — Mortimer Adler
• When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation -… — Benazir Bhutto
• Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what… — Ambrose Bierce
• The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising. — Arthur Bloch

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