111 Quotes About Convention

  • Author Jonathan Shapiro
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    We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an individual to a country where there is a reasonable expectation that he will be subjected to torture - physical, mental or otherwise.

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  • Author Tom Schrader
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    We had a very nice rally, primarily due to the fact that we had oil down, and there was some relief that the convention passed without incident.

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  • Author Corin Tucker
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    The first show I ever played was the International Pop Underground Convention in Olympia, Washington. It was girl night, and I was in Heavens To Betsy. I had just turned 18.

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  • Author John Truscott
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    We had a great convention. ... We elected a great slate of McCain delegates for the convention in Philadelphia.

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  • Author Justin Trudeau
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    In 2012, the Liberal Party affirmed overwhelmingly at the policy convention that we are a pro-choice party. It means that we are a party that defends women's rights, and therefore, it would be inconsistent for any Liberal MP to be able to vote to take away women's rights.

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  • Author Mark Thielen
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    It's something I heard at a convention in Chicago. David Warble has championed this piece. When we heard we could get him as a conductor, I thought that would be great. I didn't know George Takei would be part of the deal.

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  • Author Keith Williams
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    I'm not planning on going back. I was renting. I spent time in the (New Orleans) Convention Center. With all the lies we've had to deal with from that point until now, I'm not going back.

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  • Author Margaret Wertheim
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    Female physicists, astronomers and mathematicians are up against more than 2,000 years of convention that has long portrayed these fields as inherently male.

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