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When did the word 'compromise' get compromised? When did the negative connotations of 'He was caught in a compromising position' or '... - Deborah Tannen

When did the word 'compromise' get compromised? When did the negative connotations of 'He was caught in a compromising position' or 'She compromised her ethics' replace the positive connotations of 'They reached a compromise'?

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In 'A Scandalous Woman', the eventually distraught narrator watches as her high-spirited friend is beaten down - literally and figuratively - by Ireland's pious customs.

Alan Cheuse

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Honestly, I feel the films choose me rather than I go after them!

Andrea Jeremiah

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I knew I wanted to sing and maybe I had a chance at it, so I just started recording myself maybe five or six times a week and putting them on YouTube as much as I could with hopes that someone would recognize me.

Ari Lennox

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According to Netanyahu, he should rule like a Caesar, and the Knesset should be run by the tyranny of the majority.

Ayman Odeh

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Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

Christopher Morley

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As a former nine-year member of the Board of Supervisors and nine-year mayor, I know firsthand the merits of strong zoning laws. They protect residential areas so they can support families and be free of commercial activities that are not related to neighborhood needs.

Dianne Feinstein

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I was going to be a comedian but then also winning Oscars and directing movies and creating my own charities and saving the world. The more I've let go of that... I see more access to possibly being able to have something like that.

Emily Meade

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My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.

Joni Eareckson Tada

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I write in a journal first, briefly. Then read something I've read many times before, for about half an hour, then rework what I wrote the day before.

Kent Haruf

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You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

Marilu Henner

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Kashmir aligned with India under certain conditions. Article 35A is part and parcel of this relationship.

Mehbooba Mufti

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I'm far more interested in being a successful entrepreneur than being famous.

Spencer Matthews

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People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity.

Sylvia Earle

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All of us are hungry to be a part of great stories. There are some fortunate ones who get it early in their career, and there are some, for whom it takes a little while to get to be even considered for a part which could be promising.

Vaani Kapoor

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It's not the winter that bothers me - it's the summers.

Walter Alston

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