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The function of music is to liberate in the soul those feelings which normally we keep locked up in the heart.
Birdsong (2010) 9 -
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
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The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.
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The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.
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The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
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The general tendency of evolution is from structure to function, from bondage to freedom of the individual elements.
Multiple Personality: an Experimental Investigation into Human Individuality (1904) -
The more books we read, the sooner we perceive that the true function of the writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.
The Unquiet Grave (1944) -
The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.
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The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.
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The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior.
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The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.
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The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.
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The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there were no limits (save for the effect of trail by jury) to what the legislature might do.
The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Ch. V, TRANSFORMATION, p. 182 -
The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.
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The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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The Reservoir system will function not only as an equalizer of business conditions, but also as a national store to meet further emergencies, such as war and drought, and-most important of all-as the concrete means of developing a steadily higher living standard for all.
Storage and Stability Part II, Ch. IV, A Plan For Conserving Surplus, p. -
The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.
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The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
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