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

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

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

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"Facts and Facts, very useful once out there and there!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

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"Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

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"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

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"The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage of by the capitalist, is obvious."

Edward Carpenter, English Activist

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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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"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

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"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

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"Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong."

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"Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away."

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"I am not virtuous. Our sons will be if we shed enough blood to give them the right to be."

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"If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat."

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"One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than your life."

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"Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience."

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"One cannot become a saint when one works sixteen hours a day."

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"Life has no meaning, the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal."

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