Conventions Quotes

• A convention was drawn up on June 17, 1925, in which the principle of supervision, as opposed to that of simple propaganda, was recognized, thanks to the efforts of the labour members, of whom I was one.

  Leon Jouhaux

  Simple, June, Effort

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• I only went to one Star Trek convention and that was in the late '80s. I hadn't gone to a convention before that. It was quite amusing, with the people dressed up and all of that.

  Persis Khambatta

  Stars, People, Gone

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• He testified that when you looked at it through the eyes of 'let's do it,' the costs were very small. They were less than they'd had to spend to host a convention of transportation executives. The cost was not that great.

  Major Owens

  Eye, Cost, Host

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• The point is, the political reporters are the ones who no longer understand the ritual they are covering. They keep searching for political meanings in the tepid events when a convention is now essentially a human drama and only that.

  William Greider

  Drama, Political, Events

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• Radical constructivism, thus, is radical because it breaks with convention and develops a theory of knowledge in which knowledge does not reflect an 'objective' ontological reality.

  Paul Watzlawick

  Reality, Doe, Break

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• When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to give a bad speech. Even a bad speech sounds good in a convention hall like this.

  Susan Estrich

  Giving, Sound, Speech

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• Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition forces, the Geneva Convention permits the use of more coercive interrogation approaches to prevent future attacks.

  John Yoo

  Use, Permit, Force

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• I've been doing these conventions for 20 years, and we used to at least have debates about issues. Nothing is happening basically at this convention, other than speeches.

  Susan Estrich

  Years, Issues, Speech

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• I like conventions. I like meeting and greeting. I'm perched on that edge where I'm getting more attention than I quite know what to do with, though.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Attention, Greetings, Meetings

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• The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.

  Will Rogers

  Prayer, Humorous, Party

  Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1995). “Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)”, M Evans & Company

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• Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions of society are born with different interests and different points of view.

  August Strindberg

  Friendship, Men, Views

  August Strindberg (2014). “The Son of a Servant”, p.122, The Floating Press

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• Know what the old masters did. Know how they composed their pictures, but do not fall into the conventions they established. These conventions were right for them, and they are wonderful. They made their language. You make yours. All the past can help you.

  Robert Henri

  Fall, Past, Helping

  Robert Henri (1960). “The art spirit”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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• There was a war crimes trial because an American prisoner had been shot trying to escape. He had obviously been recaptured and shot, and that violated the Geneva Convention.

  Charles Guggenheim

  War, Trying, Trials

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• All conventions are very enjoyable. The more variety you do, the better.

  Jeremy Bulloch

  Enjoyable, Variety

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• President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied.

  John Yoo

  President, Conflict, Commanders

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• The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

  Tom Stoppard

  Media, Sound, Newspapers

  Night and Day (1978) act 1

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• Tonight, I am pleased to announce that I have secured $1 million from the Convention Host Committee to fund the beautification of Boston's neighborhoods.

  Thomas Menino

  Boston, Tonight, Host

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• I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.

  Harold Ford, Jr.

  Thinking, Choices, Flags

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• Attending that Convention and talking with those people and many others convinced me that I should become a blogger in my efforts to reform the government and uphold the integrity of the Constitution and the laws made in furtherance thereof.

  John Jay Hooker

  Integrity, Talking, Law

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• So the result was that as one approached a political convention for most of the 19th century and for most of the 20th century until the 1960's, part of the drama was the fact that you didn't know ultimately who was going to be the nominee at the end of that convention week.

  Michael Beschloss

  Drama, Political, Facts

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• A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

  Andrew Vachss

  Children, Home, Kids

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• Mystery writers' conventions are usually good, and this one has been excellent and extremely well prepared and thought out in advance. A lot of people have given their time and their skill, and a good deal of wit, and Anchorage has made us extraordinarily welcome.

  Anne Perry

  Anchors, Skills, People

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• Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the necessary isolation of writing.

  Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

  Nice, Writing, Isolation

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• I think it is probably more important to attend specialized conventions for a journeyman writer than any other, but it's useful at all stages of a career, if for nothing else, to find out how the industry is working at any given time.

  Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

  Time, Thinking, Careers

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• Heather and I decided we were going to be pretty low-key at the convention.

  Mary Cheney

  Keys, Heathers, Lows

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