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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.
by Alvin Toffler (Author, American , born in 1928) topics: Science keywords: biological, come, computer, computers, explosion, function, genetics, going, major, next, organic, semiconductor, substances, talking , together What the Who is all about is exactly that and it always has been. If it exists today for this concert, it's in response again to a function which is happening out there on the street.
by Pete Townshend (Musician, British , born in 1945) keywords: again, always, been, concert, exactly, exists, function, happening, out, response, street, today , which The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to make us aware of the particularity of selves, and the high authority of the self in its quarrel with its society and its culture. Literature is in that sense subversive.
by Lionel Trilling (Critic, American , born in 1905) keywords: authority, aware, been, culture, function, high, literature, make, mutations, quarrel, self, selves, sense, society, subversive, through , us But which is the State's essential function, aggression or defence, few seem to know or care.
by Benjamin Tucker (Activist, American , born in 1854) keywords: aggression, care, defence, essential, few, function, know, seem, state , which Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of the State, was really and in principle the initiation of the State's destruction.
by Benjamin Tucker (Activist, American , born in 1854) keywords: afterthought, defence, destruction, doubtless, effected, function, initiation, introduction, necessity, principle, prompted, really, state, strengthening, though , view Socialism, on the contrary, extends its function to the description of society as it should be, and the discovery of the means of making it what it should be.
by Benjamin Tucker (Activist, American , born in 1854) keywords: contrary, description, discovery, extends, function, making, means, should, socialism , society To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception.
by Alfred Russel Wallace (Scientist, British , born in 1823) keywords: attach, changes, clear, conception, function, mind, molecular, product, say, use, which , words Maybe it's the music that enables them to function like that, to always take everything as it comes and never complain about the misery, hardship or injustice.
by Wim Wenders (Director, German , born in 1945) keywords: always, comes, complain, enables, everything, function, hardship, injustice, maybe, misery, music, never, take , them If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth.
by Morris West (Writer, Australian , born in 1916) keywords: creature, divine, function, god, his, image, intelligence, made, man, noblest, search , truth Destroying is a necessary function in life. Everything has its season, and all things eventually lose their effectiveness and die.
by Margaret J. Wheatley (Writer , American) keywords: destroying, die, effectiveness, eventually, everything, function, life, lose, necessary, season, their , things In virtually every organization, regardless of mission and function, people are frustrated by problems that seem unsolvable.
by Margaret J. Wheatley (Writer , American) keywords: every, frustrated, function, mission, organization, problems, regardless, seem, unsolvable , virtually The defense of our democracy against the forces that threaten it from without has made some of its failures to function at home glaringly apparent.
by Wendell Willkie (Lawyer, American , born in 1892) keywords: against, apparent, defense, democracy, failures, forces, function, glaringly, home, made, our, some, threaten , without I mean that the function of the police is to solve problems that have law-enforcement consequences in a way that is based on a genuine partnership with the neighborhood in both the venting of the problem and the discussion of the solution.
by James Q. Wilson (Politician, American , born in 1931) keywords: based, both, consequences, discussion, function, genuine, mean, neighborhood, partnership, police, problem, problems, solution, solve , way Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.
by Carter G. Woodson (Historian, American , born in 1875) keywords: banks, because, business, cannot, deposits, failed, function, negro, own, pioneers, rule, sphere, taught, their , withdrew Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.
by Frank Lloyd Wright (Architect, American , born in 1970) keywords: been, follows, form, function, joined, misunderstood, should, spiritual , union Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are.
by Gary Wright (Musician, American , born in 1943) keywords: function, how, lyrics, music, power, production, song, staying , timeless