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Now take a human body. Why wouldn't you like to see a human body with a curling tail with a crest of...

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When I function in only one mode or the other, I am denying half myself, half my potential.

In retrospect, perhaps the biggest reason my mother was cared for but not helped for twenty years wa...

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Necessity is an independent concept. It has a different structure from logic, morals, or meaning. It...

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The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong ...

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No, honestly, my mouth shouldn't be able to function unless my brain's engaged.

Let me just acknowlege that the function of grammar is to make language as efficent and clear and tr...

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Some might question whether it makes sense to talk about setting up the experiment and running it ag...

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Marcus du SautoyThe Great Unknown: Seven Journeys to the Frontiers of Science

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