Quotes by category:Dysfunction

I often wonder if I am suffering from some mental dysfunction because of how weird and baffling my poetry seems to so many people and sometimes to me too.

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I hate that word dysfunction. by Jonathan Franzen

I hate that word dysfunction.

Jonathan Franzen

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An obsessive attention to the news, I've realized, only serves to paint a picture of the world as a throbbing blob of dysfunction, most news falling somewhere on a scale from disappointing to calamitous.

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I totally bristle against words like "dysfunction" or "abuse." by Justin Torres

I totally bristle against words like "dysfunction" or "abuse."

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I've not met one person, even if they are not creative, who isn't dysfunctional. I guess artists are just a bit more aware of their dysfunction because it serves a purpose.

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What creates a writer is huge, psychological dysfunction. by Kathy Lette

What creates a writer is huge, psychological dysfunction.

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There is so much chaos and dysfunction going on with the federal government that Dallas can't wait any longer for federal help.

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I am actually in poor health due to chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and my ability to work is greatly diminished right now, so I have to get better before I can start another big project

Laura Hillenbrand

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Dysfunction is a true reaction to untruth. by Lemn Sissay

Dysfunction is a true reaction to untruth.

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Instead, we have found ourselves gasping for air in a sea of corruption, dysfunction, environmental degradation, waste, disenchantment and inequality—and the harder we compete, the more unequal we become.

Margaret Heffernan

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I believe that everybody comes from pain and a certain amount of... by Mariel Hemingway

I believe that everybody comes from pain and a certain amount of dysfunction.

Mariel Hemingway

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Religion was no cure for dysfunction. by Marjorie M. Liu

Religion was no cure for dysfunction.

Marjorie M. Liu

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"What is normal?" really becomes the question. What is normal, and how are we fooled into thinking it's something other than what we're doing at any given time. Every family has either a drug addict or an alcoholic or some sort of dysfunction that the family is dealing with. And I think the grace of this family is that they actually could be that far out there but also be forgiving, and be really human, and be human in front of each other without much shame.

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After living with their dysfunctional behavior for so many years, people become invested in defending their dysfunctions rather than changing them.

Marshall Goldsmith

dysfunction people years

, I have a friend living as a woman. But she's almost too "normal," to be quite frank. I'm not relying on her, because "The Jerry Springer Show" has such huge characters. I'm trying to come up with a little more dysfunction than that.

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I had my dysfunctions, but music gave me peace and joy. I never felt in tune with the world. My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me. My art was my autonomy.

Meredith Brooks

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Government by three men in a room has turned New York State into a national symbol of governmental dysfunction. Enough is enough!

Michael Bloomberg

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Did I end up finding a little blue pill to cure America's electoral dysfunction? Unfortunately, it's not that simple.

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Trust is the foundation of real teamwork. And so the first dysfunction is a failure on the part of team members to understand and open up to one another. And if that sounds touchy-feely, let me explain, because there is nothing soft about it. It is an absolutely critical part of building a team. In fact, it’s probably the most critical.

Patrick Lencioni

dysfunction real teamwork

Without a body and without time, I wasn't disturbed by my ego or by the function or dysfunction of my brain and memory. And during my pure perception within the source, I had no opinion either. I didn't even have an 'I.' An opinion is tied to the ego, and the ego to the body. Without any of this, there was only objective consciousness.

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