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In archaeology, context is the basis of many discoveries that are imputed to the deliberate workings of intelligence. If I find a… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
I started out as a lawyer and came in laterally to Goldman Sachs. So I learned myself that life is unpredictable. That… — Lloyd Blankfein Copy Share Image
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Formula 1 has to be more and more also a laboratory, a centre of advanced research for innovative technologies for tomorrow's cars.… — Luca Cordero di Montezemolo Copy Share Image
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Memory enhancement self-help programs abound and promise improved memory performance by the utilization of any number of seemingly unique techniques focused on… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
The overall thinking of the shortstop covers the overall context of the ballgame. You have to know the count they'll hit-and-run on.… — Lou Boudreau Copy Share Image
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Captaining your country, going out at Wembley, captaining Arsenal to 10 trophies, playing your first game - they're all amazing things. But,… — Tony Adams Copy Share Image
The lighter the skin, the more acceptable you are. The darker the skin, the more marginalised you become. I want to demonstrate… — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
With The Fugees initially, and even with 'Miseducation', it was very hip-hop - always a singing over beats. I don't think people… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
In all the background scores I do, I take care to see that the theme enriches the storyline and does not deviate… — Vidyasagar Copy Share Image
There's public humor, and there's private humor, and they're all appropriate in their own way, and you shouldn't - just as you… — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
Every life of a character is within a context. If I write detached from a social and political background, my story looks… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Can we ignore what is going on around us, can we disconnect ourselves, our own material situation, our spiritual selves, who we… — Martin Donovan Copy Share Image
I think it's important to understand that in the big historical context of things, there has been land degradation from civilisation since… — Joel Salatin Copy Share Image
Secondly, security. Both the challenges we face in the world and the responsibilities that our country has in protecting our people, are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Headlines are so great in a sense that they can take a little bit from an article completely out of context and… — Kristin Cavallari Copy Share Image
Whenever I hang out with my female friends, I feel like context is never needed. They can just say two words about… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
The United States is a very important country to us in the international context. But on other hand, Angola is also important… — Joao Lourenco Copy Share Image
Football was always a deal we made with ourselves. We adopted it for its brutality, which was embedded in a context that… — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
Being a medium, a lot of religious people are like, 'ok. that's talking to the dead.' The bible talks about it in… — Tyler Henry Copy Share Image
The reason a Congress-led coalition didn't happen in 1990 was because it is entirely possible that Rajiv Gandhi himself wasn't sure how… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
There isn't any one material that's mine. It all depends on the context. For example, I did a house that had the… — Annabelle Selldorf Copy Share Image
I learned to play piano in a rock n' roll context or band context from country records - you know, Floyd Cramer… — Benmont Tench Copy Share Image
My mother... would give us a hard time sometimes, and she would say to us, 'I don't know what's wrong with you… — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
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