#venti

I've just got into the convention circuit in the last couple of years and it's great to see all these people who are still interested in the show. It's so gratifying to hear that so many people enjoyed the work that Erin and I have done. ↗

— Gil Gerard

#convention #couple #done #enjoyed #erin

America's health care system is in crisis precisely because we systematically neglect wellness and prevention. ↗

— Tom Harkin

#america #because #care #crisis #health care

I first got to know Charles in the late seventies when I wrote an article and then a book about him and I think at the time he came across as quite appealing, it was probably the height of his popularity. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#across #appealing #article #book #came

A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature. ↗

— Murray Kempton

#away #come #convention #faith #human

Conventional dogmas, even if endowed with the authority of an Aristotle - ancient or modern - must be tested vigorously. If they are found wanting, we need not bother with them. But if they are found to be substantially correct, we may not overlook them. ↗

— Norman Lamm

#aristotle #authority #bother #conventional #correct

I really wish I had invented the flip-flop. I love flip-flops. It's the one style of shoe I would be so proud of inventing: the Havaiana. ↗

— Christian Louboutin

#i #i love #invented #inventing #love

He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between. ↗

— John McPhee

#go #inventing #letters #liked #without

2004 was a great year for Boston! The Patriots won the Super Bowl! Boston hosted its first national political convention! And - the Red Sox won the World Series! ↗

— Thomas Menino

#bowl #convention #first #great #hosted

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#appropriate #discipline #inventions #player #such

Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#ahead #america #college #college education #colleges