#convent

I think Tierney is also more libertarian than he is conservative in the conventional sense. ↗

— Daniel Okrent

#conservative #conventional #i #i think #libertarian

Conventional show-biz savvy held that Americans hated to be the objects of satire. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#hated #held #objects #satire #savvy

Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn't have much to say about how they'd make it right. They want your vote, but they don't want you to know their plan. ↗

— Barack Obama

#america #convention #everything #friends #happy

I try to live the moment and not obey laws, rules, conventions, or norms; to react to a sensation, a feeling, or an emotion. You can't program emotion. ↗

— Anne Parillaud

#emotion #feeling #i #laws #live

We support every effort to combat international terrorism through the formulation of international conventions and hope that the international community will take further steps to improve the anti-terrorism international legal framework. ↗

— Li Peng

#community #conventions #effort #every #formulation

Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes. ↗

— Christopher Reeve

#conventional #conventional wisdom #never #ultimatums #wisdom

However, the Department of Defense treats these detainees in accord with the Geneva Convention, even though that is not required because of the inhumane methods used by these killers. ↗

— Bill Shuster

#because #convention #defense #department #detainees

I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited to adapt novels or work within certain genre conventions. I'd like to do that kind of work someday, but for better or worse I'm too drawn by my own material. ↗

— Todd Solondz

#better #both #certain #conventions #directors

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

— Tom Stoppard

#like #media #sounds

Art flouts convention. Convention became convention because it works. ↗

— Stewart Brand

#art #convention #architecture