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"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."

"Almost any biographer, if he respects facts, can give us much more than another fact to add to our collection. He can give us the creative fact; the fertile fact; the fact that suggests and engenders."

"Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one."

"Theory helps us to bear our ignorance of facts."

"There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths."

"Necessity is not an established fact, but an interpretation."
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"I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this."

"For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists."

"To be a member of the Communist Party is to have a taste of the police state. It is a diluted taste but is bitter and unforgettable."

"I don't remember anything anybody said in any Jack Ford picture. Nothing happens except action."

"The belief that the good in American society will finally win out... I don't believe any more."

"I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up."

"Miller didn't write Death of a Salesman. He released it. It was there inside him, waiting to be turned loose. That's the measure of its merit."
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