#conventions

I really do the conventions now for two reasons. ↗

— Rene Auberjonois

#i #now #really #reasons #two

What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#conventions #geneva #ghraib #happened #human

Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool. ↗

— Brian Molko

#cool #gigs #like #music #our

The point is that these decisions they've made are partly for your convenience and partly for theirs and partly out of stereotypes that they carry with them from the conventions of the computer field. ↗

— Ted Nelson

#computer #convenience #conventions #decisions #field

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

#been #conventions #deal #excellent #extraordinarily

I also administer the Internet Assigned Names Authority, which is the central coordinator for the Internet address space, domain names and Internet protocol conventions essential to the use and operation of the Internet. ↗

— Jon Postel

#administer #also #assigned #authority #central

I go to conventions and universities and talk to young filmmakers and everybody's making a zombie movie! It's because it's easy to get the neighbors to come out, put some ketchup on them. ↗

— George A. Romero

#come #conventions #easy #everybody #filmmakers

George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#assault #away #bush #civil #civil liberties

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

#born #conventions #different #different points #exist

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

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