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• When one theory is simpler than its competitor, this fact is relevant to saying what the world is like.

  Elliott Sober

  World, Facts, Theory

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• That what's most relevant to you is whether and how you're doing something different from what everybody else is doing.

  Roger G. Ibbotson

  Independent, Thinking, Different

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• Even if we don't have any knowledge in this life, we have and tend to rely on relevant true beliefs; and that's sufficient for inquiry.

  Gail Fine

  Inquiry, Belief, This Life

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• It's not easy staying relevant in the marketplace.

  Frankie Knuckles

  Easy, Marketplace, Staying

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• When you speak words that are relevant to people, they automatically shut up and you know you are in the presence of some very magical words. It's a gift when someone can listen and be quiet and not interrupt.

  Sandra Cisneros

  People, Quiet, Speak

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• How do you define God? Like this. A God I could understand, at least potentially, was infinitely more interesting and relevant than one that defied comprehension.

  Robert J. Sawyer

  Interesting, Comprehension

  Robert J. Sawyer (2009). “Calculating God”, p.326, Macmillan

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• When you see all of these bands citing you as influences, it makes you feel relevant

  Geezer Butler

  Band, Citing, Influence

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• If you concern yourself with remaining relevant, you'll probably disappear into oblivion.

  Wade MacNeil

  Oblivion, Disappear, Concern

  Source: www.fanbolt.com

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• Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness.

  Andrew Weil

  Agency, Priorities, Citizens

  "The Question No One Asks About Healthcare" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 25, 2009.

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• Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic. Do not defend God's word, but testify to it. Trust to the Word. It is a ship loaded to the very limits of its capacity. -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Eric Metaxas

  Trying, Limits, Ships

  Eric Metaxas (2011). “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy”, p.184, Thomas Nelson

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• I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.

  Jack Abramoff

  Party, Political, Vote

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• One must be frank to be relevant.

  Corazon Aquino

  What Matters, Frank

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• I have a rule - 'funny is funny!' When I write comedy, it's not my aim to upset people. I will be offensive, edgy and immature, but I will also be very intelligent and relevant. At my shows, there are no holy cows.

  Vir Das

  Writing, Intelligent, People

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• You can't intellectually purge yourself of who you are. Whatever that is, it's going to come out in the wash, the film wash. What you are is going to be relevant, if not to yourself, to the movies you make.

  Steven Spielberg

  Film, Ifs, Who You Are

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• You need two things to remain very, very present. You need to continue to write well and engage yourself in the issues of the day. And you have to continue to make good, relevant records.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Writing, Two, Issues

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• Folk music usually has an emphasis on the lyrics and melody. And those lyrics are usually relevant in some way. And it's populist in scope, which is also true of Bad Religion. So it's more meant to draw some parallels between the two. And I think even my voice and my delivery can be thought of as a little bit folky.

  Greg Graffin

  Thinking, Two, Voice

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• Did you know that she was cyborg?” asked a woman in an unhidden tone of disgust. Kai stared at her, appearing confused, then let his gaze dance over the crowd. He shuffled his feet closer to the podium, a wrinkle forming on the bridge of his nose. Cinder bit the inside of her cheek and braced herself for adamant disgust. Who would ever invite a cyborg to the ball? But instead, Kai said simply, “I don’t see that her being cyborg is relevant. Next question?” Cinder’s metal fingers jolted.

  Marissa Meyer

  Confused, Wrinkles, Bridges

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• Information is the most valuable commodity in the world today and this business is about giving people access to information that is relevant to their lives.

  James Murdoch

  Business, Media, People

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• Folks, it's time to evolve. That's why we're troubled. You know why our institutions are failing us, the church, the state, everything's failing? It's because, um - they're no longer relevant. We're supposed to keep evolving. Evolution did not end with us growing opposable thumbs. You do know that, right?

  Bill Hicks

  Revolutionary Ideas, Church, Thumbs

  "Filling Up the Hump". Comedy album by Bill Hicks, 1993.

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• Sherlock: You're keeping a SCRAPBOOK. Only old ladies and pre-pubescent girls keep scrapbooks, John. John: It's not a scrapbook, Sherlock. I'm collecting papers relevant to the cases. It helps me remember the details. And it was locked away in my desk drawer. Sherlock: The lock on your desk drawer was insulting me with its pretense at security.

  Guy Adams

  Girl, Insulting, Details

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• I don’t see that her being cyborg is relevant.

  Marissa Meyer

  Cyborg

  Marissa Meyer (2013). “Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles Book 2)”, p.182, Penguin UK

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• We will have to become 'perpetual marketers', to learn to be channel and data planners without losing our human insight or creativity; to vastly increase the level of accountability and provide more relevant experiences for customers.

  John Woodward

  Business, Creativity, Data

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• In the theatre we reach out and touch the past through literature, history and memory so that we might receive and relive significant and relevant human qualities in the present and then pass them on to future generations.

  Anne Bogart

  Memories, Past, Literature History

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• Charlotte, who had sagged back in her chair, her eyes half-closed, said, “Will, I have already been up all night copying down the relevant parts. Much of it was—” “Gibberish?” Jem suggested. “Pornographic?” said Will at the same time. “Could be both,” said Will. “Haven’t you ever heard of pornographic gibberish before?

  Cassandra Clare

  Eye, Night, Copying

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “Clockwork Princess”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all.

  Lily Tomlin

  Funny, Interesting, Serendipity

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