Function

Franz Liszt Composer, Pianist

Function

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

Littles Function Berlioz

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Eugene McCarthy Politician

Function

"The function of liberal Republicans is to shoot the wounded after battle."

Battle Republican Function

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Samuel Butler Novelist, Poet, Essayist

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"The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds."

Virtue Vices Function

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John Stuart Mill Philosopher, Political Economist

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"Any participation, even in the smallest public function, is useful."

Government Function Participation

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William James Philosopher, Psychologist

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"We are thinking beings, and we cannot exclude the intellect from participating in any of our functions."

Thinking Function Intellect

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Robert A. Heinlein Science Fiction Author

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"Whores perform the same function as priests, but far more thoroughly."

Religion Function Priests

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist

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"The function of the imagination is not to make strange things settled, so much as to make settled things strange."

Imagination Strange Function

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Brené Brown Researcher, author, speaker

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"Hope is a function of struggle."

Struggle Function

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Rene Magritte Surrealist Artist

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"An object never serves the same function as its image - or its name."

Names Function Objects

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Robert Anton Wilson Author, Philosopher

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"The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the pockets of the unthinking."

Pockets Function Theology

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Ronald Reagan Politician, Actor

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"Outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or economically as the private sector."

Government Doe Function

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Joseph Campbell Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer

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"The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist."

Artist Function

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Joseph Campbell Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer

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"It has always been the prime function of mythology and rite to supply the symbols that carry the human spirit forward."

Spirit Function Prime

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Emile M. Cioran Philosopher, Essayist

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"Beware of thinkers whose minds function only when they are fueled by a quotation."

Inspirational Mind Function

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Ernest Hemingway Novelist

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"Everyone has his own conscience, and there should be no rules about how a conscience should function."

Should Wisdom Function

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Dylan Thomas Poet, Writer

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"The function of posterity is to look after itself."

Looks Past Function

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William S. Burroughs Writer

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"Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning."

Happiness Virtue Function

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

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"Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function."

Vices Function Exaggeration Is

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Stephen Covey Author, Speaker

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"Frustration is a function of our expectations."

Expectations Frustration Function

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Stephen Covey Author, Speaker

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"Priority is a function of context."

Priorities Function Time Management

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