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I do these conventions sometimes. We've been doing a lot of 'The Vampire Diaries' conventions, but I do Comic-Con and stuff all over the world. They can be taxing, and they can take it out of you a little bit, but it's just great for the fans.

~David Anders

Topics: Been Bit Comic-Con Conventions Diaries Doing Fans Great Just Little Little Bit Lot Out Over Sometimes Stuff Take Taxing Vampire World You

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I just sit at the drawing board most of the time. I am used to talking to people. I love going to conventions, getting feedback and talking to people. Some artists don't. Some artists sit at their drawing board because their personality actually dictates that.

~David Lloyd

Topics: Actually Am Artists Because Board Conventions Dictates Drawing Feedback Getting Going Just Love Most People Personality Sit Some Talking Time Used I Am I Love

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I think a lot of kids get scared by 'E.T.' Sometimes when I do the science-fiction conventions, I'll have a 35-year-old guy with tatts and piercings all over, and he comes up and says, 'You know, it scared me so much I still can't watch it.'

~Dee Wallace

Topics: Conventions Get Guy He Kids Know Lot Me Much Over Says Scared Science-Fiction Sometimes Still Think Up Watch You I Think

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It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

~Denis Diderot

Topics: Accuse Conventions Despicable Human Human Nature Nature Should

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Let's give the conventions back to the politicians. If we think there's any news, we can tack it on afterward as commentary. But the conventions should be their show, not ours.

~Don Hewitt

Topics: Afterwards Any Back Commentary Conventions Give News Ours Politicians Should Show Think

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I speak for a lot of church groups, youth groups, schools, colleges and do personal appearances. I've done conventions and trade shows. A lot of different little hats.

~Donna Douglas

Topics: Appearances Church Colleges Conventions Different Done Groups Hats Little Lot Personal Schools Shows Speak Trade Youth

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Actually, I've taught creative writing in Turkey, at an English language university, where the students were native Turkish speakers, but they were writing their essays in English, and they were very interesting - even the sense of structure, the conventions of writing, the different styles of writing.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Actually Conventions Creative Creative Writing Different Different Styles English English Language Essays Even Interesting Language Native Sense Speakers Structure Students Styles Taught Turkey Turkish University Very Were Where Writing

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In 'Windtalkers,' the director John Woo is meticulous in melding his own intimate style into the cliches of a large-scale war movie, paying homage to all the tired conventions of the genre. But it's an honor that these cliches don't deserve.

~Elvis Mitchell

Topics: Cliches Conventions Deserve Director Genre His Homage Honor Intimate John Large-Scale Meticulous Movie Own Paying Style Tired War Woo

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Given the growing popularity of pop culture conventions, many of them are selling out, leaving a lot of fans out in the dark and having to trawl the Internet for bits and pieces of news that relate to these events.

~Emmett Shear

Topics: Bits Bits And Pieces Conventions Culture Dark Events Fans Given Growing Having Internet Leaving Lot Many News Out Pieces Pop Pop Culture Popularity Relate Selling Them

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I do engage veterans. I meet with the veterans' service organizations monthly. It's a direct, no-holds-barred discussion. I travel to their conventions, where I speak to the veterans membership. I do travel. I've been to all 50 states. When I do, I engage veterans locally. So I get direct feedback from those veterans.

~Eric Shinseki

Topics: Been Conventions Direct Discussion Engage Feedback Get Locally Meet Membership Monthly Organizations Service Speak States Those Travel Veterans Where

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