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"The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship."

"The fact that I am still alive after 100,000 laps is my championship."

Jacky Ickx, Belgian Celebrity

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"The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines."

"The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines."

Marc Bloch, French Historian

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"In fact, the recent increase in intra-firm trading enables businesses to shift their activities across borders smoothly, thereby strengthening the response of economic activity to exchange rate movements in the long run."

"In fact, the recent increase in intra-firm trading enables businesses to shift their activities across borders smoothly, thereby strengthening the response of economic activity to exchange rate movements in the long run."

Toshihiko Fukui, Japanese Public Servant

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"The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion."

"The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion."

Arnold H. Glasow, American Humorist

Fact, Facts, Opinion

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"To be a winner of that, and to fall in the long line of traditional great backs at USC, to have your name in perpetuity, the fact that your parents are like icons... that's the greatest thing."

"To be a winner of that, and to fall in the long line of traditional great backs at USC, to have your name in perpetuity, the fact that your parents are like icons... that's the greatest thing."

Marcus Allen, American Athlete

Fact, Name, Parents

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"Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get em right, or they will get you wrong."

"Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get em right, or they will get you wrong."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Fact, Facts, Right, Will, Wrong

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"In fact, we just surpassed our first 1 million simultaneous users online."

"In fact, we just surpassed our first 1 million simultaneous users online."

Niklas Zennstrom, Swedish Scientist

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"Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity."

"Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity."

Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian Lawyer

Fact, Humanity, states, United

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"I don't really think they saw anything in me, except the fact that I was interested in it. Some of the kids would miss a week here and miss a week there, I think they could see that I really enjoyed it."

"I don't really think they saw anything in me, except the fact that I was interested in it. Some of the kids would miss a week here and miss a week there, I think they could see that I really enjoyed it."

Dorothy Hamill, American Athlete

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"The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done."

"The fact of the matter is, you don't give up what's natural. Anything I've fantasized about, I've done."

Ray Charles, American Musician

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"And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934."

"And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934."

Edwidge Danticat, Haitian Author

Fact, States, United, Years

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"Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes."

"Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes."

Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Leader

Fact, Facts, Will

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"We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators."

"We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators."

Dick Cheney, American Vice President

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"That still has to be there. And so, it's kind of an interesting question you brought up. Because, on the one hand, yeah, it'd be lovely. I certainly don't see that happening. In fact, I see the opposite happening."

"That still has to be there. And so, it's kind of an interesting question you brought up. Because, on the one hand, yeah, it'd be lovely. I certainly don't see that happening. In fact, I see the opposite happening."

Danny Elfman, American Musician

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"I want to emphasize the fact that the independence of Kosovo should and will be recognized."

"I want to emphasize the fact that the independence of Kosovo should and will be recognized."

Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovar Statesman

Fact, Independence, Want, Will

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"Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves."

"Learners are encouraged to discover facts and relationships for themselves."

Jerome Bruner, American Psychologist

Fact, Facts, Relationships

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"You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've put on weight."

"You can usually tell when I'm happy by the fact that I've put on weight."

Christy Turlington, American Model

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"The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true."

"The facts are always friendly, every bit of evidence one can acquire, in any area, leads one that much closer to what is true."

Carl Rogers, American Psychologist

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"In fact, this network, which we may identify as the Round Table Groups, has no aversion to cooperating with the Communists, or any other groups, and frequently does so."

"In fact, this network, which we may identify as the Round Table Groups, has no aversion to cooperating with the Communists, or any other groups, and frequently does so."

Carroll Quigley, American Writer

Fact, May, Network

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"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten."

"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Fact, Facts, Shadow, Will

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"They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't very stable ourselves."

"They were looking for a stable, but we didn't have one. In fact, we weren't very stable ourselves."

Lawrence Ferlinghetti, American Poet

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"I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact."

"I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact."

Strom Thurmond, American Politician

Fact, Help, Leaders, State

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"I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales."

"I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales."

Margaret Haddix, American Author

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"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

John Adams, American President

Fact, Facts, May, State, Wishes

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"The fact must never be forgotten that no magazine publisher in the United States could give what it is giving to the reader each month if it were not for the revenue which the advertiser brings the magazine."

"The fact must never be forgotten that no magazine publisher in the United States could give what it is giving to the reader each month if it were not for the revenue which the advertiser brings the magazine."

Edward Bok, American Editor

Fact, Giving, States, United

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"There is one question that I don't think Gary Condit can answer, and that I think is why we all aimed at Gary Condit, besides the fact that he has a relationship."

"There is one question that I don't think Gary Condit can answer, and that I think is why we all aimed at Gary Condit, besides the fact that he has a relationship."

Barbara Olson, American Journalist

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"I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts."

"I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts."

Charles Van Doren, American Celebrity

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"Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts."

"Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts."

William S. Burroughs, American Writer

Fact, Facts, Paranoia

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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."

"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."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Fact, Now, Talking, Walking

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"The fact that it wasn't tells me that we've got a much more fundamental problem of understanding what went wrong, and we've got to figure out what was there. And that's what I call fundamental fault analysis."

"The fact that it wasn't tells me that we've got a much more fundamental problem of understanding what went wrong, and we've got to figure out what was there. And that's what I call fundamental fault analysis."

David Kay, American Scientist

Fact, Fault, Understanding, Wrong

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"What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else - is the fact that it exists."

"What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else - is the fact that it exists."

Archibald MacLeish, American Poet

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"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."

"There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

Fact, Nothing, Obvious

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"I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed you but for the fact that you are a member of the House of Commons."

"I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed you but for the fact that you are a member of the House of Commons."

John Bright, British Politician

Fact, Folly, Poor, Slander

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"The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are."

"The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are."

S. J. Perelman, American Writer

Fact, Personality

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"In fact nothing is said that has not been said before."

"In fact nothing is said that has not been said before."

Terence, Roman Writer

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"Why is it so weird that somebody didn't recognize me?... The fact is that whenever I meet somebody, I say, 'Nice to meet you. I'm Julia.'"

"Why is it so weird that somebody didn't recognize me?... The fact is that whenever I meet somebody, I say, 'Nice to meet you. I'm Julia.'"

Julia Roberts, American Actress

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"The fact is I've been in Massachusetts for the last two weeks, and it seems over the last few days that the price is increasing by the hour at the pump, so there needs to be an aggressive investigation."

"The fact is I've been in Massachusetts for the last two weeks, and it seems over the last few days that the price is increasing by the hour at the pump, so there needs to be an aggressive investigation."

Marty Meehan, American Politician

Fact, Investigation, Needs

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"I don't like to produce albums. I hate producing albums, as a matter of fact, because I'm an obsessed mixer and I can't leave it alone."

"I don't like to produce albums. I hate producing albums, as a matter of fact, because I'm an obsessed mixer and I can't leave it alone."

David Friedman, American Actor

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"Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly."

"Facts are the air of scientists. Without them you can never fly."

Linus Pauling, American Scientist

Fact, Facts, Scientists

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"When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap."

"When you're a little kid, you don't see color, and the fact that my friends were black never crossed my mind. It never became an issue until I was a teenager and started trying to rap."

Eminem, American Musician

Fact, Friends, Mind, Rap

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"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."

"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."

Nancy Cartwright, American Actress

Fact, Facts, Force, Laws, Physics

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"As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow."

"As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow."

F. Murray Abraham, American Actor

Fact, Man, Old, Preparation

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"Never face facts; if you do you'll never get up in the morning."

"Never face facts; if you do you'll never get up in the morning."

Marlo Thomas, American Actress

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

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

Rupert Holmes, English Composer

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"Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman."

"Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Fact, Man, Radical, Woman

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"The trouble with facts is that there are so many of them."

"The trouble with facts is that there are so many of them."

Samuel McChord Crothers, American Essayist

Fact, Facts, Trouble

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"In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites."

"In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites."

Barbara Ehrenreich, American Writer

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"In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property."

"In fact, a fundamental interdependence exists between the personal right to liberty and the personal right to property."

Potter Stewart, American Judge

Fact, Liberty, Property, Right

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"The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some "expert"... you can always find some expert who will say something hopelessly hopeless about anything."

"The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some "expert"... you can always find some expert who will say something hopelessly hopeless about anything."

Peter McWilliams, American Writer

Fact, Facts, Media, Rumors, Will

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"A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective."

"A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective."

Edward Teller, American Physicist

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