"A concept is stronger than a fact."

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American Writer

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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."

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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 didn't want much. I wanted much more. In fact, I wanted everything."

Rupert Holmes, English Composer

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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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"A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am."

Edmond Rostand, French Poet

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