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All science is experiential; but all experience must be related back to and derives its its validity from the conditions and context of consciousness in which it arises, i.e., the totality of our nature.
Wilhelm Dilthey
Nature
Science
Experience
Related
Back
Our
Validity
Must
Totality
Arises
Context
Conditions
Which
Derives
Consciousness
Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters.
Will Arnett
You
Characters
TV
Pretty
Unsavory
Know
Within
Context
Yeah
Families
As a jazz musician, you have individual power to create the sound. You also have a responsibility to function in the context of other people who have that power also.
Wynton Marsalis
You
People
Responsibility
Power
Jazz
Other
Musician
Individual
Also
Sound
Context
Create
Jazz Musician
Who
Function
Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
Yael Stone
You
Together
People
Prison
Drawn
Characters
See
Between
Come
Makes
Context
Lines
Get
Different
Different Characters
Interesting
Many
In the context of social media, reddit is more about the media than the personalities.
Yishan Wong
Social Media
About
More
Reddit
Context
Than
Personalities
Social
Media
If actors are trying to convey, in a smart way, the context of the scene, that becomes too self-conscious.
Yorgos Lanthimos
Smart
Too
Way
Scene
Self-Conscious
Becomes
Context
Trying
Convey
Actor
Without the balancing context of everyday life, all you have is the news, and news by its nature is generally bad.
Zadie Smith
Life
News
Nature
You
Everyday Life
Everyday
Bad
Generally
Balancing
Without
Context
Terrorism cannot be isolated from its political, historical, and even social context.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Terrorism
Political
Isolated
Context
Historical
Cannot
Social
Even
True expression is hard when performing opera. The problem is that opera relies on the dramatic context of the piece. It can be interpreted and represented, but there are guidelines; there is a vocabulary within the pieces that you must know objectively and reflect.
Zola Jesus
You
Problem
Reflect
Dramatic
Guidelines
Must
Vocabulary
Objectively
True
Performing
Know
Piece
Pieces
Opera
Within
Context
Hard
Expression
Interpreted
Politicians should aim for higher discourse, the media should report context instead of seeking to inflame the public, and the public should not reward bad behavior nor engage in it on social media.
Dan Crenshaw
Behavior
Reward
Social Media
Politicians
Aim
Bad
Bad Behavior
Seeking
Higher
Instead
Context
Discourse
Nor
Report
Inflame
Public
Social
Should
Engage
Media
Anything can be taken out of context and anything you say or do is not necessarily an accurate reflection of who you are in your totality. There are small moments of your life that when taken into account with the rest of your life start to paint a picture.
Sam Levinson
Life
You
Reflection
Rest
Picture
Say
Out
Totality
Small
Taken
Context
Account
Accurate
Anything
Your
Paint
Who
Moments
Necessarily
Start
I like to take walks and getting out and seeing things. These experiences are so irreplaceable and give you a whole different perspective on the greater context that you're in. If I didn't try to take advantage of that, I'd be missing out on a lot of really interesting things.
Hilary Hahn
You
Try
Perspective
Take Advantage
Walks
Out
Seeing
Give
Take
Advantage
Missing
Like
Greater
Context
Lot
Getting
Irreplaceable
Different
Experiences
Interesting
Interesting Things
Really
Different Perspective
Whole
Things
I am by no means suggesting that everyone who uses the neocon label is doing so as an anti-Semitic smear, but the word has been used often enough in that ugly context that it should make any person of goodwill think twice before employing it.
Max Boot
I Am
Ugly
Word
Before
Think
Enough
Everyone
Has-Been
Smear
Goodwill
Employing
Make
Am
Context
Doing
Been
Anti-Semitic
Label
Person
Any
Often
Should
Means
Used
Who
Uses
Twice
Suggesting
As anyone who has watched Time Team will know, the context is all in archaeology.
Tony Robinson
Time
Will
Archaeology
Know
Context
Anyone
Team
Who
Watched
I have immense respect for Christopher Nolan for taking a character called 'Batman' - taking a comic book - and making people believe in him in a real world context.
Randy Pitchford
Character
Respect
Book
People
World
Believe
Christopher
Batman
Immense
Taking
Nolan
Him
Comic
Comic Book
Making
Context
Real
Real World
Any conversation which does not include the context of the journey of the heart is by definition untrue to who we are as human beings.
Marianne Williamson
Journey
Conversation
Heart
Definition
Untrue
Does
Context
Any
Human
Human Beings
Which
Who
Beings
Include
The scientific method is about trying to remove our own bias and subjectivity, and be as objective as possible. But then you can put it back into context and you’re allowed to be emotional and human about the way you engage with it.
Alice Roberts
You
Remove
Own
Back
Our
Way
Possible
About
Objective
Emotional
Allowed
Put
Bias
Scientific
Scientific Method
Context
Method
Subjectivity
Trying
Human
Then
Engage
I want to re-mythologize 'The Green Hornet' in a contemporary context, with an emphasis on story and character, while at the same time incorporating themes that speak to my heart.
Gavin O'Connor
Time
Character
Heart
Speak
Emphasis
Contemporary
Context
Green
Same
Same Time
Want
Story
While
Themes
For the writers I have worked with and for me, the relationship between the personal comedy of daily life and the economic context in which that life happens has always been very significant.
Ken Loach
Life
Daily
Me
Relationship
Comedy
Significant
Life Happens
Economic
Writers
Between
Always
Context
Been
Very
Personal
Happens
Which
Worked
Daily Life
We have all said things that are offensive when taken out of context. You don't need to tell the public to be repelled. They will tell you they are repelled.
Lee Mack
You
Will
Out
Tell
Taken
Said
Context
Repelled
Offensive
Public
Things
Need
There are certain sorts of jokes which have only to do with the substitution of the unexpected word in a familiar context. If you translated something into French and then had it translated back into English by somebody who didn't know the original, you'd lose what was funny.
Tom Stoppard
Funny
You
Jokes
Word
Somebody
Lose
Back
Something
Only
Had
Know
French
Sort
Context
Familiar
Unexpected
Substitution
Which
Translated
Then
Certain
English
Who
Original
My favorite topical tweets are the ones that put a tweet in context so it illuminates a deeper truth or societal trend.
Jaboukie Young-White
Truth
Trend
Topical
Favorite
Put
Context
Tweet
Tweets
Illuminates
Deeper
Societal
Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context, another effort by those assaulting my career.
Jack Abramoff
Those
Out
Taken
Another
Context
E-Mails
Been
Effort
Many
Career
Now, Richard Pryor was unique. Many misunderstood his humor. He lit up the hallway, but they didn't understand his use of profanity. He didn't use it just to be using it; he used it in the context of his satire.
Bill Cosby
Satire
Humor
He
Understand
Hallway
Misunderstood
Context
His
Up
Pryor
Just
Lit
Richard
Richard Pryor
Use
Used
Profanity
Many
Unique
Using
Now
Economics taught in most of the elite universities are practically useless in my context. My country is dominated by drug economy and a mafia. Textbook economics does not work in my context, and I have very few recommendations from anybody as to how to put together a legal economy.
Ashraf Ghani
Work
Together
Legal
Country
Economics
Few
Recommendations
Mafia
Put
Economy
Most
Practically
Does
How
Context
Textbook
Very
Dominated
Taught
Anybody
Useless
Elite
Universities
My parents were in high school and college in the '80s, so let's just say I've heard some stuff, man. We listen to a lot of music and watch lots of great films, but the real context they provide from that era is about politics.
Finn Wolfhard
Politics
Music
Great
Man
School
College
Parents
Films
Say
High
Some
High School
High School And College
About
Stuff
Context
Real
Era
Were
Provide
Heard
Lot
Lots
Listen
Just
Watch
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