#function

I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink. ↗

— Dana Plato

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This is a basic function of Congress to keep the government running. And so, what we ought not to do is play politics with those who have been affected by disasters. ↗

— David Plouffe

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The bass player's function, along with the drums, is to be the engine that drives the car... everything else is merely colours. ↗

— Suzi Quatro

#bass #car #colours #drives #drums

These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals. ↗

— Herbert Read

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It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. ↗

— Herbert Read

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What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are. ↗

— Tony Robbins

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Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

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It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document. ↗

— J. Reuben Clark

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The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think. ↗

— June Jordan

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There's no other product that changes function like the computer. ↗

— Jonathan Ive

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