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

~Gary Wright

Topics: Function How Lyrics Music Power Production Song Staying Timeless

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The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.

~Gaston Bachelard

Topics: Back Dreams Function Give Great Our Our Dreams Poetry Situations Us

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The writers are writing human beings, and they're writing about the human condition and how difficult it is to function in that condition. I think it's one of the charms of the show, the idea of redemption and working towards becoming better people, for everybody involved.

~George Dzundza

Topics: About Becoming Beings Better Charms Condition Difficult Everybody Function How Human Human Beings Human Condition Idea Involved People Redemption Show Think Towards Working Writers Writing I Think

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I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.

~George Eliot

Topics: Bachelors Function Go Home Husbands Know Like Make Out Proper Reasons Should Stay Still Stronger Women

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We finally understand in general terms how a cell is organized, how its specialized organs function in a well integrated manner to insure its survival and replication.

~George Emil Palade

Topics: Cell Finally Function General How Insure Integrated Manner Organized Organs Specialized Survival Terms Understand Well

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The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.

~George Henry Lewes

Topics: Conclusions Educate End Fixed Function Further Introduction Philosophy Principles Put Reasoning True Us

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

~George Santayana

Topics: Body Function Instrument Mind Operation Reward Witness

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

~George Santayana

Topics: Advertising Appear Argument Better Function Make Modern Substitute Worse

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On the beach, we women are at our most exposed and therefore most vulnerable. As any woman deserves to look and feel good, especially when she's away on holiday, she needs swimwear that pays proper attention to comfort and function. And there should also be some thought put into value.

~Geri Halliwell

Topics: Also Any Attention Away Beach Comfort Deserves Exposed Feel Feel Good Function Good Holiday Look Most Needs Our Pays Proper Put She Should Some Therefore Thought Value Vulnerable Woman Women Women Are

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Government is operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept every living idea and smother it.

~Gerry Spence

Topics: Accomplished Because Bureau Deeply Embedded Every Function Government Hopelessly Idea Living Nothing Operated Smother Where

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