The Term Paper Artist' represents two models of writing, one of the little boy bouncing his ball, generating stories for the sheer… — David Leavitt Copy Share Image
Some people thought I'd be on the PGA Tour, that I'd win tournaments, play in majors, contend in majors, win majors. I… — Zach Johnson Copy Share Image
Now we have to contend with overstimulation and too many opportunities all the time, and too many decisions all the time. — Elizabeth McGovern Copy Share Image
Surrounded by a burgeoning human population, Asian elephants have to contend with the spread of settlements and farming, and the demands of… — Mark Shand Copy Share Image
The decline of violence isn't a steady inclined plane from an original state of maximal and universal bloodshed. Technology, ideology, and social… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
We are all dwellers on this one small earth; we live one life, die one death; we have the same difficulties to… — Charles Glover Barkla Copy Share Image
A duped newspaper or magazine could contend that a fiction-spouting journalist obtained part of his salary via fraud, and use a criminal… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
Critics might contend that putting former private-sector CEOs in the president's Cabinet places the fox in the henhouse. But it's unlikely such… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
Leaders are for calling people to their better angels, for helping guide them to a kind of sterner, more mature sense of… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
To believe that your husband, wife, parents, kids, boss, job, bank account, or body is even partly responsible for your emotions, to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We mostly feel fearful because we feel powerless. We feel powerless, I contend, because of a style of thinking that splits information… — Patricia Sun Copy Share Image
Lawsuits against reverse mortgage companies, including the nation's largest, Financial Freedom Senior Funding, contend that those firms helped pressure older Americans into… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
'The Black Prism' is a story about two brothers who respect and fear and admire and contend with and shape each other.… — Brent Weeks Copy Share Image
There is no living African writer who has not had to, or will not have to, contend with Achebe's work. We are… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
I doubt very much that the chief executives of any of the Fortune 500 corporations can name five edible plants, five native… — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
If the nose has become a deeply disillusioned and grief-stricken organ in the modern world, then what of the ear? The poor… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
“The moment we confront our fears we are declaring that we are contenders for life, and for love.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
Community groups contend that door-to-door loan sales are often followed by foreclosures. — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
I think one thing is that anybody who's had to contend with mental illness - whether it's depression, bipolar illness or severe… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Families rely on financial services more than ever, but those who need them most - who struggle to make ends meet -… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
I've learned that there's a signature Metallica sound, and if we stray too far from that, our fans get impatient, or they… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
