"Fact is based upon vulgar matter."

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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

Fact, Facts, Religious, Temper

"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

Fact, Opinion

"The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Fact, Man

"We are Englishmen; that is one good fact."

Oliver Cromwell, English Soldier

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"Yeah, I might remaster it, in fact I'm sure I would. But all the songs will be the same."

John Wozniak, American Musician

Fact, Songs, Will

"Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in."

Grace Napolitano, American Politician

Fact, Facts, Leaders, Politicalleaders, Security

"The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek word."

Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat

Fact, Meaning, Word

"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

Fact, Interest

"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a bonus for me."

Karrie Webb, Australian Athlete

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"You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false."

Truth

"You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble."

Life

"I'm trying to climb up both walls at once."

Ambition

"I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does."

Poetry

"You can do anything, literally, right? That's one of the exciting possibilities of the present."

Possibility

"I am happy to have some friends here in the kitchen."

Friendship

"The heroes of the present will retreat to the imitation they are anyhow."

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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."

"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd."

"The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant."

"We are Englishmen; that is one good fact."

"Yeah, I might remaster it, in fact I'm sure I would. But all the songs will be the same."

"Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in."

"The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek word."

"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."

"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one."

"The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a bonus for me."

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"You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false."

"Forgive me if I sleep until I wake up."

"We all want what's been suddenly disallowed."

"I hope you're representing the devil's advocate."

"You don't help people in your poems. I've been trying to help people all my life - that's my trouble."

"I'm trying to climb up both walls at once."

"I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does."

"You can do anything, literally, right? That's one of the exciting possibilities of the present."

"I am happy to have some friends here in the kitchen."

"The heroes of the present will retreat to the imitation they are anyhow."