"The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force."

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"What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several."

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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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"Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout."

William James, American Philosopher

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"In fact, our monthly trade deficit figure is so huge it equals the entire annual budget of our Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans fought to make us free from foreign tyranny, but the new tyranny is taking a different form."

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Nancy Cartwright, American Actress

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"Facts do not speak."

Henri Poincare, French Mathematician

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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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"The fact that tradition hinders the individual savage from thinking logically by no means proves that he cannot think logically."

James Mark Baldwin, American Philosopher

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

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Jim Bishop, American Journalist

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"In fact, our monthly trade deficit figure is so huge it equals the entire annual budget of our Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans fought to make us free from foreign tyranny, but the new tyranny is taking a different form."

"The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force."

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"I don't use the voice of Bart when I'm making love to my husband, but Marge's voice turns him on a little."

"The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan."

"The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far."

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