#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

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

— Rick Moody

#just #style #stylized

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

Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention. ↗

— Joyce Appleby

#avoid #contention #creating #discourses #inseparable

In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#around #busy #case #contention #every

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