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“My function in life was to render clear what was already blindingly conspicuous.”

Author:Quentin Crisp

“An important function of the Supreme Court is to provide guidance, .. As a lower court judge, I appreciate clear guidance from the Supreme Court.”

Important Clear Judging Appreciate Function Court Supreme Guidance Supreme Court Court Judges

Author:John Roberts

“It's important to recognize the vital role that the financial markets play in our economy and that so many of you are contributing to. To function effectively those markets and the men and women who shape them have to command trust and confidence, because we all rely on the market's transparency and integrity. So even if it may not be 100 percent true, if the perception is that somehow the game is rigged, that should be a problem for all of us, and we have to be willing to make that absolutely clear.”

“The continuous networks of neural circuitry accomplish their functions using multiple, independently discovered strategies. The brain lends itself well to the complexity of the world, but poorly to clear-cut cartography.”

World Wells Brain Clear Cutting Function Strategy Accomplish Complexity Multiple Cartography

Author:David Eagleman

“The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.”

Men Needs Mind Lasts Clear Function Muscles Definite

Author:John Steinbeck

“Let me just acknowlege that the function of grammar is to make language as efficent and clear and transparent as possible. But if we’re all constantly correcting each other’s grammar and being really snotty about it, then people stop talking because they start to be petrified that they’re going to make some sort of terrible grammatical error and that’s precisely the opposite of what grammar is supposed to do, which is to facilitate clear communication.”

People Ifs Language Talking Clear Communication Terrible Opposites Let Me Function Errors Grammar Transparent Correcting Facilitate Clear Communication

Author:John Green

“Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to me precisely the most important function which religion has to form in the social life of man.”

Source: Ideas and Opinions

“As a public official and being so highly visible, I have a responsibility to make it very clear that those people who will have cancer at one point in their lives will be able to function.”

People Able Responsibility Clear Sea Function Cancer Officials Visible Public Officials

Author:Lindy Boggs