Context Quotes

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Yes, but I view Frank's music as fully composed. In other words, the arrangements can work for any idiom such as a rock band or… — Dweezil Zappa
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English - up to fifty words used in correct context… — Carl Sagan
Is this the curse of modernity, to live in a world without judgment, without perspective, no context for understanding or distinguishing what is real and… — Terry Tempest Williams
We human beings are social beings. We come into the world as the result of othersâ€™ actions. We survive here in dependence on others. Whether… — Dalai Lama
Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or… — Reinhold Niebuhr
For years I wondered why dreams are so often dull when related, and this morning I find the answer, which is very simple - like… — William S. Burroughs
I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to… — Simone de Beauvoir
The only people who can ever put ideas into context are people who don't care; the unbiased and apathetic are usually the wisest dudes in… — Chuck Klosterman
It's only now that I realize that behaviour always has a context and precedents, it's what you do rather than what you are, although we… — Irvine Welsh
In the Holy Relationship, it's understood that we all have unhealed places, and that healing is the purpose of our being with another person. We… — Marianne Williamson
I don't expect Christians to see God as a metaphor, but that's what he is. Perhaps it might be clearer to call him a character… — Philip Pullman
I am an enthusiastic Darwinian, but I think Darwinism is too big a theory to be confined to the narrow context of the gene. — Richard Dawkins
Experiencing yourself out of context, divorced from your usual point of view, skews your perspective â€“ itâ€™s like hearing your voice on an answering machine.… — Slash
Did I do and say these things? Yes, I did. Are there any mitigating circumstances? Not really, unless any circumstances {in other words, context) can… — Nick Hornby
Argumentation is a human enterprise that is embedded in a larger social and psychological context. This context includes (1) the total psyches of the two… — Peter Kreeft
Generally, people who are good at writing letters have no need to write letters. They've got plenty of life to lead inside their own context. — Haruki Murakami
When we submit our lives to what we read in scripture, we find that we are not being led to see God in our stories… — Eugene H. Peterson
I keep what I know about Sarah Lynn and Lawrence to myself. I also remind myself that even if Sarah Lynn does have a scary… — Lauren Myracle
If you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what's going on in the world… — Anna Wintour
I often went to Catholic mass or Eucharist at the Episcopal church, nourished by the symbol and power of this profound feeding ritual. It never… — Sue Monk Kidd

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