#functional

Christian conservatives care about their families eating. They're concerned about energy independence. They're concerned about functional government. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#care #christian #concerned #conservatives #eating

You were tossed away like a pair of beautiful, brand new shoes that did not quite fit. ↗

— Donna K. Childree

#adoption #dysfunctional-families #dysfunctional-family #mothers #the-wayward-gifted

The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film. ↗

— Ann Macbeth

#between #dichotomy #dysfunctional #film #industry

We've been blessed with four beautiful children. Michael, he doesn't have much of a problem anymore. He is high functional, probably because of early intervention. ↗

— Dan Marino

#beautiful #because #been #blessed #children

We see portability in electronics being a continuing requirement, higher functionality, better battery life, requiring lower power for the actual electronics. ↗

— David Milne

#battery #being #better #continuing #electronics

I love making people laugh. It's an addiction and it's probably dysfunctional, but I am addicted to it and there's no greater pleasure for me than sitting in a theater and feeling a lot of people losing control of themselves. ↗

— Jay Roach

#addiction #am #control #dysfunctional #feeling

I know I was a generic dysfunctional child, but I think a lot of people are. ↗

— Henry Rollins

#dysfunctional #generic #i #i think #know

We live in a very dysfunctional society, and this is a very, very dysfunctional Administration. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#dysfunctional #live #society #very

All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#behaviour #breakdown #case #classic #containing

It was then that my gaze happened to fall on the bookcase, on the gap there, where the old paperback of "Nine Stories" had fallen flat. "Where's the thing?" I said. "What thing?" "The mesh. My mesh." She shrugged. "I tossed it." "Tossed it? Where? What do you mean?" In the next moment I was in the kitchen, flipping open the lid of the trash can, only to find it empty. "You mean outside?" I shouted. "In the dumpster?" When I came thundering back into the room, she still hadn't moved. "Jesus, what were you thinking? That was mine. I wanted that. I wanted to keep it." Her lips barely moved. "It was dirty. ↗

— T.C. Boyle

#dysfunctional-relationships #passive-aggression #shaming #home