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Convention serves a purpose: It gives life meaning, and without it, one is in a constant existential crisis. If you don't have the imposition of family to remind you of what is at stake, something else will.

~Elizabeth Wurtzel

Topics: Constant Convention Crisis Else Existential Family Gives Imposition Life Meaning Purpose Remind Serve Something Something Else Stake Will Without You

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My family calls me Declan. But most people call me E.C. I think it comes from my dad. It's an Irish convention. You usually call the first child by the initials.

~Elvis Costello

Topics: Call Calls Child Convention Dad Family First First Child Initial Irish Me Most People Think You I Think

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I think there are some people who have this thing where, from the very beginning, some part of them rejects convention.

~Elvis Mitchell

Topics: Beginning Convention Part People Rejects Some Some People Them Thing Think Very Where Who I Think

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The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men.

~Emanuel Celler

Topics: Addressing Author Convention Distinction Given Hearts Honest Mccarthyism Men National Republican Strikes Terror

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Vinod Khosla is best known for shunning convention and taking massive risks on companies he calls 'black swans' -companies with a near-complete chance of failure. But, if they succeed, the world will be forever changed.

~Emily Chang

Topics: Best Black Calls Chance Changed Companies Convention Failure Forever He Known Massive Risks Succeed Swans Taking Will World

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Ukrainians use the term 'political technologist' as a favored synonym for electoral consultant. Trump turned to Manafort for what seemed at first a technical task: Manafort knows how to bullwhip and wheedle delegates at a contested convention.

~Franklin Foer

Topics: Consultant Convention Electoral Favored First How Knows Political Seemed Synonym Task Technical Term Trump Turned Use

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The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.

~Franz Schubert

Topics: Based Convention Fool Greatest Man Misfortune Unhappiness Wise Wise Man

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In comics, we're all weird together. I can go to a comics convention and not stand out, even though I'm the only woman in a headscarf there, because the guy next to me has a beard and a Sailor Moon costume.

~G. Willow Wilson

Topics: Beard Because Comics Convention Costume Even Go Guy Me Moon Next Only Out Sailor Stand Though Together Weird Woman I Can

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I think it would be bizarre to pick somebody to speak at the convention based on their sexual preference, because once you go down that road, why don't you pick a transvestite?

~Gary Bauer

Topics: Based Because Bizarre Convention Down Go Once Pick Preference Road Sexual Somebody Speak Think Why Would You I Think

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While it was refreshing to finally see an openly gay man speak at a Republican convention, it doesn't remove the stain of selecting Mike Pence, America's most anti-LGBT governor.

~Gavin Newsom

Topics: America Convention Finally Gay Governor Man Mike Most Openly Refreshing Remove Republican See Selecting Speak Stain While

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