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Black Comedy is a farce that is played in the dark, as you know, with the lights full on. It's the Chinese convention of reversing light and dark, and exactly where anybody is at any given moment is the play.


Peter Shaffer


#anybody #black #black comedy #chinese #comedy

As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve.


Mark Shields


#bill clinton #chance #clinton #convention #during

In most conventional novels, God is not allowed to be nuts. Nor are nuts allowed to be God.


John Sladek


#conventional #god #most #nor #novels

The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that.


Peter Singer


#accordance #clearer #convention #course #geneva

They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called "war" too. And there will still be no conventional war.


Bruce Sterling


#called #conventional #insane #madmen #place

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

Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If we put all our energy and resources into continued fossil fuel extraction, we will have lost an opportunity to have invested in renewable energy.


David Suzuki


#becoming #continued #conventional #depleted #difficult

I thought this convention phenomenon was very flattering, but that's about the extent of it.


George Takei


#convention #extent #flattering #i #phenomenon

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


#conventions #did #established #fall #help

That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them.


Lars von Trier


#convent #entering #great #great thing #simply






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