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And the combat ceased, for want of combatants.
Contention existed before the earth was formed.
Great contests generally excite great animosities.
The whole discord of this world consists in discords.
You will stir up the hornets. [Lat., Irritabis crabones.]
The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have
In an hundred elles of contention, there is not an inch of love.
My concern is that contention is becoming accepted as a way of life.
Believe it or not, when I get in contention I can still hit the shots.
There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.
My contention is that that style is just as stylized as an ornate style.
In this sacred Dispensation conflict and contention are in no wise permitted.
It would seem that zeal is not an effect of love. For zeal is a beginning of contention.
When I've had a talk with someone, I like them to leave unconfused. No need for contention.
Your denomination is not defined by a style. So don’t let style become a point of contention.
It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read.
The commandment to avoid contention applies to those who are right as well as those who are wrong.
Our spirits are corroded by living in an atmosphere of unrelenting contention - an argument culture.
The Book of Mormon exposes the enemies of Christ. It confounds false doctrines and lays down contention.
I don't think nationalism is alone holding the field; it's in contention with a lot of different things.
You don't want to end up with a huge tally of runs after eight games but with your team out of contention.
I like it when, you know, 3-under wins, you know, 20-under par, it just brings so many other people into contention.
Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both.
Our contention has always been that Shakespeare is our greatest living author. If he can survive a season on Broadway, he must be.
If there were more temple work done in the Church, there would be less of selfishness, less of contention, less of demeaning others.
There's no real test of how Asian you need to be to be able to own your Asianness, and it's always going to be an area of contention.
As we dread any disease that undermines the health of the body, so should we deplore contention, which is a corroding canker of the spirit.
Obviously, I have to do what's best for me and my family; I've got to put that first. But I definitely want to be on a team that's in contention.
Contention is inseparable from creating knowledge. It is not contention we should try to avoid, but discourses that attempt to suppress contention.
Hebron is a bone of contention between Israeli settlers and the Palestinians in part because Abraham is buried there, in the Tomb of the Patriarchs.
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.
That's your goal every week: to put yourself in contention. There's a lot of circumstances and a lot of things that have to play out for that to happen.
A true Christian, who is born anew of the Spirit of Christ, is in the simplicity of Christ, and hath no strife or contention with any man about religion.
Historians partial to Kennedy see matters differently from those partial to L.B.J. Vietnam has become a point of contention in defending and criticizing J.F.K.
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.
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.
I'm getting more and more comfortable out on the golf course with the changes I've been making. It's really just a confidence thing in that I love being in contention.
When I was playing, there were always lots of teams in contention for the league - Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Leeds. Every week was a big game and a big battle.
My contention is that most students get distracted by music and social media because our current state of education is not sufficiently engaging to command their full attention.
I reject the federal contention that there exists an overwhelming national security crisis at the southern border, along which are some of the safest communities in the country.
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.
It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.
We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.
The contention is if you don't do it in the first quarter, if you don't box out and control the glass in the first quarter, you are not going to do it in the fourth quarter and overtime.
Some guys have trouble sleeping the night before an important round. I never have. Invariably, I sleep longer and better, and have more dreams, when I'm in contention and feeling pressure.
'The Grace of Kings' draws on Western traditions as much as it does on Chinese traditions, though the bones of the story are drawn from the Chu-Han Contention period before the Han Dynasty.
It is possible to rise to the lofty standard set by the Lord for priesthood holders in making decisions in quorums. It is possible when there is great faith and love and the absence of contention.
It was my contention that opera can not only pay for itself if it is well given, but it can also command a much wider audience if given like a play with lots of rehearsals and wonderful singers that fit the role.
I'm so happy I married a fellow Catholic because I think that marriage is tough enough - that's one area that's just not something we argue about. There's no contention about it because we're both on the same page.
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.