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• Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.

  James A. Baldwin

  Truth, Roots, Literature

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• The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.

  Benito Mussolini

  Soldier, Citizens, Inseparable

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• All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Power, Reality, Political

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• Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.

  George Santayana

  Religion, Advertising, Argument

  George Santayana (1937). “The Works of George Santayana”

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• The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.

  George Santayana

  Get Well, Mind, Body

  George Santayana (1934). “Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana”, p.15, Рипол Классик

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• The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Life, Exercise, Generosity

  Les Mots (The Words, 1964) "Lire"

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• But which is the State's essential function, aggression or defence, few seem to know or care.

  Benjamin Tucker

  Aquariums, Essentials, Care

  Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1926). “Individual liberty: selections from the writings of Benjamin R. Tucker”

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• The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Cynical, Body, Tongue

  Dell' Anatomia Vol. 1, Ch. III

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• Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Spiritual, Design, Misunderstood

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• This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought.

  Lin Yutang

  Change, Humor, Character

  Lin Yutang (1937). “The Importance of Living”

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• I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

  Jack London

  Inspirational, Life, Ambition

  Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.

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• What exactly is the function of a rubber duck?

  J. K. Rowling

  Exactly Is, Ducks, Muggles

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• The function of man is to live, not to exist.

  Jack London

  Short Life, Men, Atoms

  Quoted in Bulletin (San Francisco), 2 Dec. 1916.

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• Success is more a function of consistent common sense than it is of genius.

  Dr. An Wang

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Lessons: An Autobiography". Book by An Wang, September 22, 1986.

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• Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open.

  James Dewar

  Funny, Education, Attitude

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• It is not the function of government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error.

  Robert H. Jackson

  Fall, Errors, Government

  American Communications Ass'n v. Douds (1950)

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• In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.

  Michel Foucault

  Punishment, Different, Crime And Punishment

  Michel Foucault (2012). “Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison”, p.303, Vintage

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• The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Art, Motherhood, Blood

  D. H. Lawrence, Ezra Greenspan, Lindeth Vasey (2003). “Studies in Classic American Literature”, p.155, Cambridge University Press

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• To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.

  Le Corbusier

  Order, Design, Architecture

  Le Corbusier (1991). “Precisions on the present state of architecture and city planning: with an American prologue, a Brazilian corollary followed by The temperature of Paris and The atmosphere of Moscow”, The MIT Press

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• Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are.

  Gary Wright

  Music, Song, Timeless

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• The function of the novelist... is to comment upon life as he sees it.

  Frank Norris

  Novelists, Comment

  Frank Norris (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Frank Norris (Illustrated)”, p.2332, Delphi Classics

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• In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.

  Michael Graves

  Architecture, Equity, Pragmatic

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• The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.

  Mary Schmich

  Movie, Gambling, Actors

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• To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.

  Margaret Barber

  Inspirational, Life, Memories

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• The primary function of a theatre is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

  Robert Brustein

  Theatre, Talent, Theater

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