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I think metal and horror definitely go hand in hand. Even when you go to a horror convention and meet the fans, nine out of 10 times if they're not wearing some sort of horror shirt, they're wearing a shirt with a metal band on it.

~Adam Green

Topics: Band Convention Definitely Even Fans Go Hand Horror Meet Metal Nine Out Shirt Some Sort Think Times Wearing You I Think

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After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.

~Adlai E. Stevenson

Topics: After Convention Four Nations Peace Political Sometimes Tranquility United United Nations Yearn Years

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I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.

~Alan Dean Foster

Topics: Again Business Con Convention Decades Fantasy First First Time Go Last Last Year Make May Purposes Time Try Two World Year

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Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.

~Alan Parsons

Topics: Artist Convention Did Few Folk Gigs Real Rock Roots Style

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If you've gone to a sci-fi convention, you've only seen half of it. 'Con Man' delivers what convention 'all-access' passes have only promised in the past.

~Alan Tudyk

Topics: Con Convention Gone Half In The Past Man Only Passes Past Promised Sci-Fi Seen You

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Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

~Alcee Hastings

Topics: Commitment Community Convention Crime End Genocide International International Community Made Nations Nearly Prevention Punishment Put United United Nations Years Years Ago

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A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.

~Aldous Huxley

Topics: Adult After Arrested Been Chance Child-Like Cocoon Continuing Contrary Convention Develop Development Given Habit He Himself Long Man Middle-Aged Most On The Contrary Themselves Who Whose

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From the very beginning, I started doing music performances with a lot of theatrical aspects to them, where humor was a part of it but not necessarily had to be. Humor is just another tool to make the palette more rich and interesting for myself and eventually for the public. It's a great way to break out of convention.

~Aleksey Igudesman

Topics: Another Aspects Beginning Break Convention Doing Eventually Great Great Way Had Humor Interesting Just Lot Make More Music Myself Necessarily Out Palette Part Performance Public Rich Started Theatrical Them Tool Very Way Where

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I think 'Sightseers' was a bit of an epiphany, a massive learning curve, and it gave me loads of confidence to go out there, and also to create a female character which is completely unexpected and defies convention.

~Alice Lowe

Topics: Also Bit Character Confidence Convention Create Curve Epiphany Female Gave Go Learning Learning Curve Loads Massive Me Out Think Unexpected Which I Think

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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

Topics: Any Convention Far Fewer Geneva Geneva Convention Home Kid Kids Pow Rights Than

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