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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

Topics: Arrive Compromise Compromises Consensus Constitution Country Did Forward Got Just Later Making Move Philadelphia Sooner Sooner Or Later Start Were Writing You

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When you're in a relationship with a very famous person, you have to make compromises.

~David Furnish

Topics: Compromises Famous Famous Person Make Person Relationship Very You

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What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it.

~David Simon

Topics: Compromises Make Only Reason Story Wants Writer You

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I have targets for business achievements; I do not have targets for acquisitions. Because if you have targets for acquisitions, you end up making compromises in terms of valuations, and you buy things because you have a target, and it is not good for business.

~Dilip Shanghvi

Topics: Achievements Acquisitions Because Business Buy Compromises End Good Making Target Targets Terms Things Up You

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My calling was first of all to ensure there was peace in the country, because we could easily have gone back to war. In the midst of the country, there were still warlords; there were many child soldiers who had never gone to school - they were part of the social setting - compromises had to be made.

~Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Topics: Back Because Calling Child Compromises Could Country Easily Ensure First First Of All Gone Had Made Many Midst Never Part Peace School Setting Social Soldiers Still War Were Who

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When a deeply sympathetic American president asks for concessions and compromises and appears able to cajole some from the Palestinians, which was the Clinton/Rabin and Bush/Sharon combination, Israel must respond.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Able American American President Appears Ask Combination Compromises Deeply Israel Must Palestinians President Respond Some Sympathetic Which

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The U.S. has the power to block all anti-Israel moves in the Security Council, not just some of them, and to do so without agreeing to unfair, damaging compromises.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Agreeing Block Compromises Council Damaging Just Moves Power Security Security Council Some Them Unfair Without

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Thousands of members of Congress have come and gone over the years, their individual achievements hidden in committee reports, private compromises, amendments pushed through or blocked, and innumerable, unnoticed meetings.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Achievements Amendment Blocked Come Committee Compromises Congress Gone Hidden Individual Meetings Members Over Private Pushed Reports Thousands Through Unnoticed Years

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I touched the limits of our political system, which pushes one to last-minute compromises. Explanations are rarely given. It plays to people's fears because it hasn't built an ideological consensus. It produces flawed solutions and too often ignores reality.

~Emmanuel Macron

Topics: Because Built Compromises Consensus Explanations Fears Flawed Given Ideological Ignores Last-Minute Limits Often Our People Plays Political Political System Produces Pushes Rarely Reality Solutions System Too Touched Which

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