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The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose. ↗

— Henry A. Kissinger

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Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. ↗

— Paul Ryan

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Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity - and I know we can do this. ↗

— Paul Ryan

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One of my movies was called "True Lies." It's what the Democrats should have called their convention. ↗

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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I'm seeing and hearing lots of B to B instruments, and everybody isn't, you know, using them... a lot of these guys are trying to do it on conventional guitars, although that has its own sound, and maybe its okay. ↗

— John Sebastian

#conventional #everybody #guitars #guys #hearing

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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As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve. ↗

— Mark Shields

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

— John Sladek

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They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called "war" too. And there will still be no conventional war. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

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I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful. ↗

— Mark Strand

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