#prom

As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#get #guiding #indians #just #long

When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union, I had come to the conclusion that the loss of these sources to the U.S. would not compromise significant national defense, political, diplomatic interests. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#cia #come #compromise #compromised #conclusion

I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

#compromise #i #independence #inhibit

The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#added #areas #arts #considered #country

But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#compromise #democratic #messy #politics #transitions

2005 opens with the promise of a number of substantial direct private investments that can swiftly transform the economy and set all sectors on a pronounced upward curve. ↗

— Baldwin Spencer

#direct #economy #investments #number #opens

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. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#art #compromise #feel #free #how

In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter. ↗

— James M. Baldwin

#dualism #explicit #first #matter #mind

Awards were made in Hollywood, in whatever the time it was created. They're to promote each other's movies. You give me an award, I give you an award and people will believe that we are great movies and they'll go to see them. It's still the same. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#awards #believe #created #each #give

My husband thinks he's compromising if we have one cook instead of three. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#cook #husband #instead #thinks #three