339 Context Quotes for You to Enjoy

Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe. Stanislav Grof

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Inevitably, considerations of God in what otherwise intend to be mass entertainments come down to the same thing they come down to in any context, which is a consideration of humanity. Steve Erickson

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I believe that technology has the potential to change the fate of nations, industries and companies, as well as the context of our lives. I want to help build the companies that take the risks needed to make those kinds of real changes in the world. Steve Jurvetson

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So much of design is context. Steve Madden

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In any other context, 'icing' is a great and exciting word: The proverbial icing on the cake, for instance, is a bonus - a wonderful thing on top of another wonderful thing. But in hockey, icing merely results in the referee's raising his right hand, as if swearing an oath to the deity of downtime. Steve Rushin

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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context. Tahar Ben Jelloun

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The idea of 'advice,' in terms of telling people advice or asking people for advice, has become not comprehensible to me, to a certain degree, due to feeling, like, for something to be accurately defined as 'good' or 'bad,' I would want to know the context, goal, perspective for it. Tao Lin

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For me, comedy literally is way more terrifying than doing drama, so it's always about stretching what I think I can do and putting myself out there in different context. Tatiana Maslany

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For me, adventures are a vehicle for travelling deep into the fabric of society, coming to know the environmental conditions that shape people's lives and viewing the present in the context of history. Tim Cope

Environmental Me History People Society Fabric Shape Vehicle Adventures Know Context Coming Conditions Viewing Deep Lives Travelling Present

Why take notes? The obvious reason is to remember. Visual note-taking translates what we hear into pictures that give context, color, and meaning. By adding symbols, visual metaphors, likenesses of people, and room layouts, we add several dimensions. Tom Wujec

I don't need much of a character in my life. I've already got one; my family knows who I am, and I don't have a reason to make an impression on the world around me unless it's in a professional context. Acting is not a personal experience; it's a job. Tommy Lee Jones

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The world isn't fast-paced, it's frenetic. People have to be managers of themselves. Time has been managing itself for 15 billion years; we have to manage ourselves in the context of time. Tony Buzan

Time People World Ourselves Has-Been Context Been Years Itself Manage Managers Managing Themselves Billion Fast-Paced

The Bible was written in several languages, embraces many literary forms, and reflects cultures very different from our own. These are important considerations for properly understanding the Bible in its context. Troy Perry

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I'm not a luddite. Science, computers, medicine, they're all great. But nature is context. That which we can't control. Its constant mortality and immortality is an answer to the terror of finite existence. It reassures the soul. Victoria Coren Mitchell

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Though there are some notable exceptions, by and large the persistent ranting of the Warren Commission critics, some of whom were screaming the word 'conspiracy' before the fatal bullet had even come to rest, came to remind me, as H. L. Mencken said in a different context, of dogs barking idiotically through endless nights. Vincent Bugliosi

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My place in design history is to sort of interpret youth culture, and I think we've seen that done in fashion before - it's not a new concept - but it hasn't been done with the same vigour in a modern context. Virgil Abloh

In fact, quantitative findings of any material and energy changes preserve their full context only through their being seen and understood as parts of a natural order. Walter Rudolf Hess

Natural Seen Energy Changes Only Fact Through Parts Quantitative Material Context Understood Any Being In Fact Order Natural Order Full Preserve

I don't know how many times I can sit there and talk about my character or my life. It's interesting to talk about experiences in the context of something you're doing for somebody else, and particularly if you can persuade others to join you in your support. Wendie Malick

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No one would suggest completely ignoring news about your investments. Enron investors, for example, would have been well served to sell once early reports of accounting irregularities surfaced. But the key is to keep news in context and act only if further reflection or study indicates that the core thesis for an investment has changed. Whitney Tilson

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