#contention

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It is my contention that most people are not mugged every day, that most people in this world do not encounter violence every day. I think we prepare people for violence, and I think just as importantly we prepare people for the definition of being gentle.


Bob Keeshan


#contention #day #definition #encounter #every

We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; none bounds its horizon within the field of human observation; and, therefore, as it can never present us with indisputable facts, so must it ever be at once a source of error and contention.


Francis Wright


#bounds #contention #error #ever #facts

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read.


Anita Brookner


#hares #market #read #time #tortoise

What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies and the quarrels of those who engage in contention for power.


William S. Paley


#disappointments #engage #follies #history #power

But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.


Homer


#best #contentions #curb #gentle #high

There are no contests in the Art of Peace. A true warrior is invincible because he or she contests with nothing. Defeat means to defeat the mind of contention that we harbor within.


Morihei Ueshiba


#because #contention #contests #defeat #harbor

In my case what happened next in 1999 was that I fell apart over that back nine. When I saw I was in genuine contention that year I felt like throwing up. That remains probably the most nervous I've ever been on a golf course.


Lee Westwood


#back #been #case #contention #course

I mean, we make a 15-minute show that's incredibly silly, even though all of our scenic designers, puppet builders. animators, everybody that works on the show take their work very seriously. So somebody saying that we'd even be in contention for a very respectable award is really nice.


Seth Green


#award #builders #contention #designers #even

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech.


Christopher Lasch


#contention #described #forthright #george #longer

Nobody wants to see teams out of contention showcased in December and January. I'm sure this is something that will be discussed again this off-season.


Al Michaels


#contention #december #discussed #i #january