"The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star."

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"Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"The world is the totality of facts, not of things."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

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"We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

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"As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

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"There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

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"Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything."

Elia Kazan, American Director

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"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."

George Eliot, British Author

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"He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

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"I feel very strongly that it is vital for us to constantly keep in mind the fact that the Jewish problem is but a phase of the world problem."

Louis Finkelstein, American Clergyman

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"The intolerance of the Middle, and even later, Ages, is a fact all too familiar to every one."

Ethan A. Hitchcock, American Soldier

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"It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange."

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"And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart."

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"One thing is certain. The old Piper Laurie is no more."

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"I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff."

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"I dropped the script in the fireplace, called my agent and said, they can jail me, sue me, but I'm never acting again, unless I can do something worthwhile."

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"Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult."

"The world is the totality of facts, not of things."

"We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are - that is the fact."

"As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use."

"There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum."

"Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything."

"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."

"He reproduced himself with so much humble objectivity, with the unquestioning, matter of fact interest of a dog who sees himself in a mirror and thinks: there's another dog."

"I feel very strongly that it is vital for us to constantly keep in mind the fact that the Jewish problem is but a phase of the world problem."

"The intolerance of the Middle, and even later, Ages, is a fact all too familiar to every one."

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"I've always felt robbed of something by people not knowing I was a Jew."

"And if real life was like the movies, I should have lived happily ever after."

"I never forget, remember that. Not an action, not a name, not a face."

"Believe me, when an actress is told that her very name is synonymous with bad acting, she's had it."

"It took a long time, but I have learned that you just can't take anything you want out of life without putting something back in exchange."

"And even then when you take it, you've got to take it with your whole heart."

"One thing is certain. The old Piper Laurie is no more."

"I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff."

"I dropped the script in the fireplace, called my agent and said, they can jail me, sue me, but I'm never acting again, unless I can do something worthwhile."

"I'm one of those people who has always been a bridesmaid."