Relevance Quotes - Page 8

• Implications of treason are fed like cubes of sugar to the twelve-headed animal which is justice. In ... opening remarks. In the way questions are asked. In support of lines of questioning where cases of treason are cited and the Judge endorses the relevance of the citation.

  E. L. Doctorow

  Animal, Justice, Judging

  E.L. Doctorow (2010). “The Book of Daniel: A Novel”, p.201, Random House

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• The arts tend to be more liberal. There tends to be more social relevance in the arts.

  Peter Guber

  Art, Social

  "Peter Guber: Hollywood 'Disappointed' With Obama's First Term" by Tina Daunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 24, 2012.

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• It is one of the ironies of biographical art that some details are more relevant than others, and many details have no relevance at all.

  Paul Bailey

  Art, Details, Irony

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• Nature is a big influence on my work. That's where the cosmic element comes in, an awareness of the relevance of what we do as a species, why we do it, and its implications.

  Tim Lebbon

  Elements, Influence, Awareness

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• For me, and maybe for many religious kids of the '60s, the church lost relevance the more it became a surrogate in the movement for social and political change.

  Mike McCurry

  Religious, Kids, Political

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• I'm realistic about it. It's been quite some years since I've worked full-time in that area, so I no longer have any material that bears any relevance to my life or the audience. I'd need to take probably a year off, which I wouldn't be prepared to do, so it's a romantic ideal.

  Eric Bana

  Years, Bears, Needs

  "The Other Boleyn Girl - Eric Bana interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I thought the first two seasons of America's Got Talent were good. I think this one is the best one by a mile because they - you see the difference this year, I think, with the crowd being effectively the fourth judge. But most importantly, I think that these shows have to have a relevance because if you're not finding stars at the back of these shows - whether it's Idol or Got Talent - they're a complete waste of time.

  Simon Cowell

  Stars, Thinking, Years

  "Simon Cowel Dishes on America's Got Talent". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. October 12, 2008.

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• Every Jewish holiday has a religious significance, a historical significance, and a relevance to the time of year in the natural calendar of the seasons and trees and growing things, as well as a personal significance. So you are always looking backward, outward, inward and forward.

  Marge Piercy

  Religious, Holiday, Years

  Interview with Charlotte Templin, margepiercy.com. May 2004.

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• In fact, many people, including some who practice yoga, assume that yoga is nothing more than a form of exercise, or they believe that only the physical aspects of yoga have relevance to their lives. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

  Rod Stryker

  Believe, Yoga, Exercise

  Rod Stryker (2011). “The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom”, p.9, Delacorte Press

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• Gods, religions and national boundaries are absolutely imaginary. They don't tend to exist. As soon as you pull back half a mile and look down at the Earth there are no national boundaries. There aren't even national boundaries when you get down and walk around. They're just imaginary lines we draw on maps. I just get fascinated by people who assume that things that are imaginary have no relevance to their lives.

  Neil Gaiman

  People, Looks, Half

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• Although many philosophers used to dismiss the relevance of neuroscience on grounds that what mattered was the software, not the hardware, increasingly philosophers have come to recognize that understanding how the brain works is essential to understanding the mind.

  Patricia Churchland

  Understanding, Brain, Mind

  "Morality and the Brain". brainworldmagazine.com. January 24, 2014.

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• Children, taught either years beneath their intelligence or miles wide of relevance to it, or both: their intelligence becomes hopelessly bewildered, drawn off its centers, bored, or atrophied.

  James Agee

  Hope, Children, Years

  James Agee, Walker Evans (2001). “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families”, p.273, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.

  Dario Fo

  Expression, Theatre, Doe

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• A Church that has lost its voice for justice is a Church that has lost its relevance in the world.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Voice, Justice, Church

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• I am in favor of [actions] that have authenticity, roots, originality, verve, balance, taste, communicativeness, challenge, relevance to their time-in short, things that make sense.

  Vaclav Havel

  Inspirational, Roots, Challenges

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