#functions

So long as man is protected by madness - he functions - and flourishes. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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Few enjoy noisy overcrowded functions. But they are a gesture of goodwill on the part of host or hostess, and also on the part of guests who submit to them. ↗

— Fannie Hurst

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To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

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There's a real separation between actors and all the other functions of Hollywood. If you're an actor you're somehow not a member of the crew. You're somehow more special. I hate that. ↗

— Rider Strong

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The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood. ↗

— Germaine Greer

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The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants. ↗

— Franz Liszt

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I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are led by a conductor who functions like a windmill. ↗

— Franz Liszt

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I coach my daughter's softball and basketball team. We go to all the school functions. We go out to eat at night and take the kids to the movies. We try to be as normal as we can. ↗

— Tim McGraw

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One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

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The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative. ↗

— Benito Mussolini

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