#convent

Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play. ↗

— Peter Shaffer

#anybody #black #black comedy #chinese #comedy

But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love. ↗

— William Shatner

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I have never done Cult TV before, the convention was good. It gives the fans a chance to meet the celebrities. Connect with the guy that used to be a bunch of coloured dots on your TV screen. ↗

— Peter Tork

#bunch #celebrities #chance #coloured #connect

In most conventional novels, God is not allowed to be nuts. Nor are nuts allowed to be God. ↗

— John Sladek

#conventional #god #most #nor #novels

Kubrick showed us something special. Every film was a challenge, and a direct assault on cinema's conventions. ↗

— Bryan Singer

#challenge #cinema #conventions #direct #every

The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that. ↗

— Peter Singer

#accordance #clearer #convention #course #geneva

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

#announce #boston #committee #convention #fund

I chaired the 1982 Democratic Party Commission on Presidential Nominations that created certain automatic delegates to the Democratic convention - the 'superdelegates.' It was a good idea then, and it is still a good idea. ↗

— Jim Hunt

#certain #commission #convention #created #delegates

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. ↗

— Denis Diderot

#conventions #despicable #human #human nature #nature

I lead a very conventional life. ↗

— Joan Didion

#i #lead #life #very