![A lot of Americans have some view of the Constitution as just this thing that was handed down [intact]. But it really was the result of months and months of wrangling and disputation and ultimately compromise. That's where the brilliance of the American system is -- it's always been built on compromise.](/assets/img/quote-photos/a-lot-of-americans-have-some-view-of-the-constitution-as-just-this-thing-that-was.jpg)
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I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or moral values. Antoni Tapies
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A lot of Americans have some view of the Constitution as just this thing that was handed down [intact]. But it really was the result of months and months of wrangling and disputation and ultimately compromise. That's where the brilliance of the American system is -- it's always been built on compromise. Bill Vaughan
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In my view there are basically two types of weddings. There is the wedding that is based on law, and there is the wedding that is based on Christ and based on grace. We felt that those who have been married by the law, they would like to have that special privilege and benefit by being married by the church.
views other-worlds earth
But I simply can't stand a view limited to this earth, I feel life is so small unless it has windows into other worlds...I like mathematics largely because it is not human. Bertrand Russell
views may point-of-view
I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own. Baz Luhrmann
views law may
The cold view to take of our future is that we are therefore headed for extinction in a universe of impersonal chemical, physical, and biological laws. A more productive, certainly more engaging view, is that we have the intelligence to grasp what is happening, the composure not to be intimidated by its complexity, and the courage to take steps that may bear no fruit in our lifetimes. Barry Lopez
views practice together
In the traditional view, a person is free. He is autonomous in the sense that his behavior is uncaused. He can therefore be held responsible for what he does and justly punished if he offends. That view, together with its associated practices, must be re-examined when a scientific analysis reveals unsuspected controlling relations between behavior and environment. B. F. Skinner
views genius prevailing
The prevailing view is that geniuses are largely built, not born. David Brooks
views air challenges
Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. David McCullough
months
My son was three months old when I started filming 'The Hobbit,' and I was still breastfeeding. Evangeline Lilly
months knows
When you do movies, it's you have a 3-month family and then everybody goes away and then joins another family, you know? Ashton Kutcher
months
I think it will be months and months before you see this clarified. Greg Valliere
months six steady
An actor is working steady if he's active four to six months a year. Zach Galligan
months six technology wonder
I wonder what this technology is up here, ... (Rewind it) to six months ago. You'd get the same answers. Nick Saban
months saw sector seven six type value
We don't see the type of value in the sector that we saw six or seven months ago.
months plan public specifics start supposed talking three workshop wrap
We'll have another public workshop here in three months or so to start talking about getting into more specifics about the plan. We're supposed to wrap up the plan by the end of the year.
months perfecting takes
We are really working on the perfecting part of the sport. Sometimes it takes months to fine-tune.
months nine
Nine months is very aggressive, but 18 months is too long.
compromise content opposition option
We have always said that opposition is an option for us... We won't compromise on the content of our policies.
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With the free agents, we were really able to cover our needs spots. That allows us not to compromise our pick in any way. We don't have to take a lesser player because he plays a position of need. Jerry Jones
compromise
I think this was a compromise that everyone could live with.
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Management is taking a very hard line, refusing to compromise. We are open to compromise, and unless they do, we will have a strike.
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We'd rather that be left up to the patient and their physician. With this, unfortunately, compromise has to be made in order to get something passed.
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We realize that the legislative process is a compromise. We won't get everything that we want, and he (Fletcher) won't get everything he wants and the Senate won't get everything they want.
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We hope the two sides will continually enhance mutual respect in a spirit of compromise and cooperation, and strengthen exchanges and cooperation in every field in order to create favorable conditions to realize final, peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula.
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We'll never, ever compromise safety. We never have.
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We are seeing some signs of getting closer, some compromise and some good discussions.