#contention

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

My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style. ↗

— Rick Moody

#just #style #stylized

While we have entertained the contention that a deed may make more propaganda than hundreds of speeches, thousands of articles, and tens of thousands of pamphlets, we have held that an arbitrary act of violence will not necessarily have such an effect. ↗

— Johann Most

#arbitrary #articles #contention #deed #effect

I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things. ↗

— Peter Singer

#contention #different #different things #field #holding