#functions

People at .08 are too impaired to drive. Studies show that at .08, the ability to perform critical driving functions is decreased by as much as 60 percent. ↗

— Frank Lautenberg

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Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence. ↗

— Ned Rorem

#artist #blaze #day #divine #each

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#democratic #democratic society #functions #health #may

In recognising the global problem posed by osteoporosis, WHO sees the need for a global strategy for prevention and control of osteoporosis, focusing on three major functions: prevention, management and surveillance. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

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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

#enjoy #few #functions #gesture #goodwill

Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

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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

#been #bigger #english #functions #hindi

In times when religious or political faith or hope predominates, the writer functions totally in unison with society, and expresses society's feelings, beliefs, and hopes in perfect harmony. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

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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

#architecture #bureaucrats #complicated #criticism #functions