Function

George Carlin Comedian, Actor

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"Engineers at General Motors have developed a revolutionary new engine whose only function is to lubricate itself."

Function Revolutionary Engineers

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George Santayana Philosopher, Poet

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"Each religion, so dear to those whose life it sanctifies, and fulfilling so necessary a function in the society that has adopted it, necessarily contradicts every other religion, and probably contradicts itself."

Function Dear Adopted

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David Foster Wallace Writer

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"...loneliness is not a function of solitude."

Loneliness Solitude Function

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Umberto Eco Writer, Philosopher, Literary Critic

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"A library's ideal function is to be a little bit like a bouquiniste's stall, a place for trouvailles."

Littles Library Function

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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher

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"It is the function of perfection to make one know one's imperfection."

Perfection Function Imperfection

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Joseph Campbell Mythologist, Writer, Lecturer

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"The function of artists is "the mythologization of the world.""

World Artist Function

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E. M. Forster Novelist, Essayist

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"Man has to pick up the use of his functions as he goes along- especially the function of Love."

Men Use Function

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Peter Drucker Management Consultant, Author

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"The enterprise can fulfill its human and social functions only if it prospers as a business."

Social Function Enterprise

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Emma Goldman Anarchist, Political Activist, Writer

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"the function of militarism is to kill. It cannot live except through murder."

Murder Function Militarism

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Dana Gould Comedian

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"New synonyms for sex: Going to a family function, getting the hard part over with, anti-fillet. Get it? Sex!"

Sex Function Synonym

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Carl Jung Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst

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"It is the function of the Church to oppose all original experience, because this can only be unorthodox."

Church Function Unorthodox

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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist

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"I was created to fulfill a function and I failed in it. I negated my own existence."

My Own Existence Function

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Charles Bukowski Poet, Novelist

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"I write as a function. Without it I would fall ill and die. It's as much a part of one as the liver or intestine, and just about as glamorous."

Writing Fall Function

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Alan Cohen Author

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"Rules are the offspring of fear. If everyone trusted and followed their true inner spirit, the world would function flawlessly."

World Spirit Function

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Wayne Dyer Author, Motivational Speaker

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"I absolutely believe the species, the planet and the Universe can't survive if we function on hate."

Believe Hate Function

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William S. Burroughs Writer

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"We must find out what words are and how they function. They become images when written down, but images of words repeated in the mind and not of the image of the thing itself."

Mind Function Written

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Ursula K. Le Guin Author, Poet, Essayist

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"Morality is an utterly meaningless term unless defined as the good one does to others, the fulfilling of one's function in the sociopolitical whole."

Doe Morality Function

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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher

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"Woman was merely man's helpmate, a function which pertains to her alone. She is not the image of God but as far as man is concerned, he is by himself the image of God."

Men Function God Image

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

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"Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary."

Thinking Character Function

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Scott Adams Cartoonist

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"Intelligence is a measure of how well you function within your level of awareness."

Levels Awareness Function

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