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"The facts are always less than what really happened."

"The facts are always less than what really happened."

Nadine Gordimer, South African Novelist

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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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"Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a century, and you will see its working merit."

"Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a century, and you will see its working merit."

Frederick Pollock, English Judge

Fact, Revolution, Merit, Will

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"Among the reasons for this was the fact that the U.S.A. is one mass market. It is only when you have a mass market that large-scale manufacturing which involves very substantial expenditures can be justified."

"Among the reasons for this was the fact that the U.S.A. is one mass market. It is only when you have a mass market that large-scale manufacturing which involves very substantial expenditures can be justified."

Paul Hoffman, American Celebrity

Fact, Manufacturing

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"In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take a low road in to you, there is nothing you can do about it, and so you just live with it and move on."

"In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take a low road in to you, there is nothing you can do about it, and so you just live with it and move on."

Robert Redford, American Actor

Fact, Nothing, Road

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"Actually, it is a fact that I've been doing more writing than playing in recent years."

"Actually, it is a fact that I've been doing more writing than playing in recent years."

Gerry Mulligan, American Musician

Fact, Writing, Years

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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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"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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"IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards."

"IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards."

Murray Walker, English Entertainer

Fact, Formula, Word

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"I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions of the book now. One of them had somebody else's name on the cover, one had my name on the cover."

"I was unwise enough to actually mention this in public a few times, and in fact to point out that there were two versions of the book now. One of them had somebody else's name on the cover, one had my name on the cover."

Jonathan Franzen, American Novelist

Fact, Name, Now, Public

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"I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me."

"I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me."

Noel Coward, English Playwright

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"The plain fact is that there are no conclusions."

"The plain fact is that there are no conclusions."

James Jeans, English Physicist

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"The verbal interpretation, on the other hand, i.e. the metaphysics of quantum physics, is on far less solid ground. In fact, in more than forty years physicists have not been able to provide a clear metaphysical model."

"The verbal interpretation, on the other hand, i.e. the metaphysics of quantum physics, is on far less solid ground. In fact, in more than forty years physicists have not been able to provide a clear metaphysical model."

Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian Scientist

Fact, Metaphysics, Years

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"Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists."

"Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists."

Norman Mailer, American Novelist

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"In fact, Tibet is one of the most popular European tourist attraction of asia."

"In fact, Tibet is one of the most popular European tourist attraction of asia."

Alex Chiu, American Businessman

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"The United Nations is a mess, riddled with scandals. In fact, the U.N. itself is a scandal."

"The United Nations is a mess, riddled with scandals. In fact, the U.N. itself is a scandal."

Ginny B. Waite, American Author

Fact, Nations, Scandal, United

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"We are not that flash, me or the missus. In fact, we are quite low-maintenance."

"We are not that flash, me or the missus. In fact, we are quite low-maintenance."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

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"These are facts, these are not imaginary things."

"These are facts, these are not imaginary things."

Iyad Allawi, Iraqi Statesman

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"I deal in facts."

"I deal in facts."

Louis Freeh, American Lawyer

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"Neither facts nor pictures seem to sink into our centers of feeling any more."

"Neither facts nor pictures seem to sink into our centers of feeling any more."

Robert Welch, American Silversmith

Fact, Facts, Feeling

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"Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts."

"Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts."

Paul de Man, Belgian Critic

Fact, Facts, Metaphors

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"Well if I was going to describe my audience, it's going to take longer than you'd ever expect, hundreds of years in fact, because there's many of them, all over the world."

"Well if I was going to describe my audience, it's going to take longer than you'd ever expect, hundreds of years in fact, because there's many of them, all over the world."

Norman Wisdom, English Comedian

Fact, World, Years

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"What bothers me is that Jim Bakker lies. Jim Bakker knows for a fact that I was virgin."

"What bothers me is that Jim Bakker lies. Jim Bakker knows for a fact that I was virgin."

Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity

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"I like the fact that major studios have been attempting horror films recently."

"I like the fact that major studios have been attempting horror films recently."

Richard King, American Director

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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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"I started singing for The Phantom in January, and we started filming in October and I sang all the way through to the next June. In fact, I was singing for about two months before I even knew I had the role."

"I started singing for The Phantom in January, and we started filming in October and I sang all the way through to the next June. In fact, I was singing for about two months before I even knew I had the role."

Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

Fact, June, Months, October

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"Yes, indeed, in fact I would tell you that we go out of our way to be true to the original feeling and sort of sonic and musical pallet that we painted with back then."

"Yes, indeed, in fact I would tell you that we go out of our way to be true to the original feeling and sort of sonic and musical pallet that we painted with back then."

James Young, American Musician

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"I've hung out in the writer's room a few times, but the fact is we've got such a good writing staff, I don't want to get my peanut butter fingerprints on anything."

"I've hung out in the writer's room a few times, but the fact is we've got such a good writing staff, I don't want to get my peanut butter fingerprints on anything."

Patton Oswalt, American Comedian

Fact, Want, Writer, Writing

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"I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it."

"I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it."

Wallis Simpson, American Royalty

Fact, Light, Will, World

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"Just the fact that I'm in the game is great. I'm just blessed to be working. I got a plan, but I'm humble and I try to be humble."

"Just the fact that I'm in the game is great. I'm just blessed to be working. I got a plan, but I'm humble and I try to be humble."

Mike Epps, American Comedian

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"The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is a river of grass."

"The miracle of light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slowly moving, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades. It is a river of grass."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

Fact, Light, Meaning, Water

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"My split with the university was over the fact that I had become involved with helping Tibetans in India."

"My split with the university was over the fact that I had become involved with helping Tibetans in India."

George Woodcock, Canadian Writer

Fact, University

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"Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty."

"Part of the public horror of sexual irregularity so-called is due to the fact that everyone knows himself essentially guilty."

Aleister Crowley, English Critic

Fact, Horror, Public

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"Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities."

"Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities."

Thomas Sowell, American Economist

Fact, Facts, Theories, Visions

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"A girl who is interested in becoming a model must first accept the fact that she is the product. She must be ready to deal with a lot of rejection."

"A girl who is interested in becoming a model must first accept the fact that she is the product. She must be ready to deal with a lot of rejection."

Karolina Kurkova, Czechoslovakian Model

Fact, First, Rejection

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"There are no road signs to help navigate. And, in fact, no one has yet determined which side of the road we're supposed to be on."

"There are no road signs to help navigate. And, in fact, no one has yet determined which side of the road we're supposed to be on."

Steve Case, American Businessman

Fact, Help, Road

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"A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact."

"A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

Fact, Man, Old, Theory

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"In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid."

"In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man came up with for anything until about 1926 was stupid."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

Fact, Man, Right

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"Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer."

"Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer."

Peter Drucker, American Businessman

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"I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium."

"I'm proud of the fact that I'm the only player to hit a ball completely out of Dodger Stadium."

Willie Stargell, American Athlete

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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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"No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish."

"No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish."

David Hume, Scottish Philosopher

Fact, Falsehood

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"I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it."

"I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it."

Joshua Lederberg, American Scientist

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"My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule."

"My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule."

Gale Norton, American Public Servant

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"A judgment pronounced in accordance with the facts can therefore assign to it an historical place only within that movement of reformation which was brought to a victorious issue by King Josiah."

"A judgment pronounced in accordance with the facts can therefore assign to it an historical place only within that movement of reformation which was brought to a victorious issue by King Josiah."

Julius Wellhausen, German Educator

Fact, Facts, Judgment

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"We are told that the first part of the process is to select the very smallest seeds from the smallest plants, which is not at all unlikely, but I cannot speak to the fact from my own observation."

"We are told that the first part of the process is to select the very smallest seeds from the smallest plants, which is not at all unlikely, but I cannot speak to the fact from my own observation."

Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist

Fact, First, Observation, Plants

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"The bungle tour is a bit up in the air due to the fact this at we are getting screwed by our overseas label."

"The bungle tour is a bit up in the air due to the fact this at we are getting screwed by our overseas label."

Trevor Dunn, American Musician

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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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"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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"Hey, I may loathe myself, but it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm Jewish."

"Hey, I may loathe myself, but it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm Jewish."

Larry David, American Actor

Fact, May, Nothing

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