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“My parents divorced when I was young but I was brought up in two really loving households. I didn't have a contentious relationship with my mom or dad.” quote by Matt Damon — Download Open image

“My parents divorced when I was young but I was brought up in two really loving households. I didn't have a contentious relationship with my mom or dad.”

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Uses are always much broader than functions, and usually far less contentious. The word function carries overtones of purpose andpropriety, of concern with why something was developed rather than with how it has actually been found useful. The function of automobiles is to transport people and objects, but they are used for a variety of other purposes--as homes, offices, bedrooms,…

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Disturbers are to be rebuked, the low spirited to be encouraged, the infirm to be supported, objectors confuted, the treacherous guarded against, the unskilled…

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The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime.

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