Function Quotes

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My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can… — John Grierson
That adage about 'Write what you know' is basically the opposite of the way I function. I write about what I'm curious to find out. — Jennifer Egan
The film has succeeded in transforming subjects so indistinguishably into social functions, that those wholly encompassed, no longer aware of any conflict, enjoy their own… — Theodor Adorno
Where these reduced (operational - E.W.) concepts govern the analysis of the human reality, individual or social, mental or material, they arrive at a false… — Herbert Marcuse
Clearly, health and disease cannot be defined merely in terms of anatomical, physiological, or mental attributes. Their real measure is the ability of the individual… — Rene Dubos
When I go back to NFL functions today, I feel a bit on the outside looking in. I played 13 years in the NFL, and… — Doug Flutie
The Small Business 'common app' would function much like the one that students complete to apply to multiple colleges and universities simultaneously. It would ensure… — Kay Hagan
Shapes that contain no inner components of positive/negative relationships will function better with other shapes of the same nature. — Keith Haring
I have not written a perfect sentence, in the literary sense. It's a lot easier to throw a perfect pass than to write a perfect… — Greg Iles
One of the deepest functions of a living organisms is to look ahead... to produce future. — Francois Jacob
My job is to help the functioning of the story, not to draw attention to myself, but to make my characters function within the story,… — Jeffrey Jones
My music started as a way to break through weaknesses - like anxiety, which was completely taking over my whole life, where I could barely… — Zola Jesus
In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale. — Anil Kapoor
...the nervous systems of other animals were not artificially constructed - as a robot might be artificially constructed - to mimic the pain behavior of… — Peter Singer
Play like dreams serves the function of self realization. — Donald Woods Winnicott
Recent studies of mindfulness practices reveal that they can result in profound improvements in a range of physiological, mental, and interpersonal domains in our lives.… — Daniel J. Siegel
One of the most thoughtless statements, parroted ad nauseam ever since rational concern for our environment exploded into an emotional syndrome, calls Man the only… — Krafft Arnold Ehricke
We don't function well as human beings when we're in isolation. — Robert Zemeckis
Regular crises perpetuate the past by reinvigorating cycles which started long ago. In contrast, (capital-C) Crises are the past's death knell. They function like laboratories… — Yanis Varoufakis
Unhappiness is our element. We come to believe we can't function without it. — Erica Jong

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