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"As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself."

"As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself."

Frank Langella, American Actor

5

"We did many of our own stunts. We had our hands full. In fact, the roles were physically demanding."

"We did many of our own stunts. We had our hands full. In fact, the roles were physically demanding."

Mary-Kate Olsen, American Actress

5

"I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive."

"I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen. And, the fact that this was an offer on a major film that had a start date, was pretty impressive."

Adam Arkin, American Actor

Fact, Film, Pretty

5

"In fact, our monthly trade deficit figure is so huge it equals the entire annual budget of our Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans fought to make us free from foreign tyranny, but the new tyranny is taking a different form."

"In fact, our monthly trade deficit figure is so huge it equals the entire annual budget of our Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans fought to make us free from foreign tyranny, but the new tyranny is taking a different form."

Marcy Kaptur, American Politician

Fact, Trade, Tyranny, Veterans

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"The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup."

"The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup."

Lorrie Fair, American Athlete

Fact, Games, Skill, Tribute

5

"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

5

"Facts do not speak."

"Facts do not speak."

Henri Poincare, French Mathematician

5

"I would say in just about every investigation we have, there will be differences of opinion, where you have partial facts, as to what those facts mean."

"I would say in just about every investigation we have, there will be differences of opinion, where you have partial facts, as to what those facts mean."

Robert Mueller, American Public Servant

Fact, Facts, Investigation, Opinion, Will

5

"The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit."

"The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit."

Milton Friedman, American Economist

5

"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

5

"Let us unite on the safe and sure ground of fact and experiment, and we can never err; yet better, we can never differ."

"Let us unite on the safe and sure ground of fact and experiment, and we can never err; yet better, we can never differ."

Frances Wright, Scottish Writer

5

"The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences."

"The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide great emotional experiences."

Sarah Caldwell, American Celebrity

5

"Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow?"

"Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow?"

Garrett Fort, American Writer

Fact, Superstition, Tomorrow, Yesterday

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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

5

"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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"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."

David Hockney, English Artist

5

"Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man."

"Man acts as though he were the shaper and master of language, while in fact language remains the master of man."

Martin Heidegger, German Philosopher

Fact, Language, Man

5

"In fact, I have never met anyone who didn't like Gargoyles."

"In fact, I have never met anyone who didn't like Gargoyles."

Keith David, American Actor

5

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

5

"I firmly believe that as voters come to learn more and more about John Kerry and learn more and more about his message that they're going to want a President who is willing to address the fact that we didn't have a post-war plan in Iraq."

"I firmly believe that as voters come to learn more and more about John Kerry and learn more and more about his message that they're going to want a President who is willing to address the fact that we didn't have a post-war plan in Iraq."

Harold Ford, American Politician

Fact, Iraq, Post, President

5

"I'm just, like, totally normal. The fact that any of this has happened, that we're sitting here at the Beverly Hills Hotel just gets me going, like, 'What?'"

"I'm just, like, totally normal. The fact that any of this has happened, that we're sitting here at the Beverly Hills Hotel just gets me going, like, 'What?'"

Gwen Stefani, American Musician

5

"I mean the fact is that some of this information that we have found out that led to Usama bin Laden actually came from these enhanced interrogation techniques."

"I mean the fact is that some of this information that we have found out that led to Usama bin Laden actually came from these enhanced interrogation techniques."

Rick Santorum, American Politician

Fact, Information

5

"The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star."

"The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star."

Piper Laurie, American Actress

5

"The fact, if they are there, speak for themselves."

"The fact, if they are there, speak for themselves."

David Seabury, American Psychologist

5

"As the days went on, I didn't mind the games. In fact, I looked forward to them. That was the easiest part of all. I couldn't wait to get to the ballpark I'd be the first one there and I was willing to do anything. I think that's why the veterans liked me."

"As the days went on, I didn't mind the games. In fact, I looked forward to them. That was the easiest part of all. I couldn't wait to get to the ballpark I'd be the first one there and I was willing to do anything. I think that's why the veterans liked me."

Al Kaline, American Athlete

Fact, First, Games, Mind

5

"In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you."

"In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you."

Jack Vance, American Author

5

"Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin."

"Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin."

Ivan Pavlov, Russian Psychologist

Fact, Facts, Mystery

5

"Yeah, yeah I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we're Satan worshippers, but next to that just the fact that we're normal."

"Yeah, yeah I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we're Satan worshippers, but next to that just the fact that we're normal."

Tom Araya, American Musician

5

"We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that."

"We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that."

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian Statesman

Fact, Want, Weapons

5

"I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease."

"I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease."

Bliss Carman, Canadian Poet

Fact, Facts, Investigation, Tyranny

5

"The fact is that you're never gonna believe any of the reviews, because the movie is to you what it is to you. No one's ever gonna sway you from what you feel about it."

"The fact is that you're never gonna believe any of the reviews, because the movie is to you what it is to you. No one's ever gonna sway you from what you feel about it."

Campbell Scott, American Actor

5

"What I'd like to get across is try your best to be yourself. I realize there are those who are much further along than you are; there are stars, but learn to be who you are and to play yourself. Be confident in that fact."

"What I'd like to get across is try your best to be yourself. I realize there are those who are much further along than you are; there are stars, but learn to be who you are and to play yourself. Be confident in that fact."

Jerome Richardson, American Musician

Fact, Play, Stars

5

"It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million sperm cells... to locate a female egg, despite the fact that the egg is, relative to them, the size of Wisconsin."

"It is a well-documented fact that guys will not ask for directions. This is a biological thing. This is why it takes several million sperm cells... to locate a female egg, despite the fact that the egg is, relative to them, the size of Wisconsin."

Dave Barry, American Journalist

5

"You can listen to what everybody says, but the fact remains that you've got to get out there and do the thing yourself."

"You can listen to what everybody says, but the fact remains that you've got to get out there and do the thing yourself."

Joan Sutherland, Australian Musician

5

"The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment."

"The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment."

Celia Green, British Author

Fact, Facts, Research

5

"I stuck out like a sore thumb when I came on, just by the fact that I looked so different. I think that adjustment for the audience was a hurdle for me."

"I stuck out like a sore thumb when I came on, just by the fact that I looked so different. I think that adjustment for the audience was a hurdle for me."

Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress

5

"In fact, I'll be taking a lot of Cathy Gale with me. I expect that was why I was chosen for the part."

"In fact, I'll be taking a lot of Cathy Gale with me. I expect that was why I was chosen for the part."

Honor Blackman, British Actress

4

"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

4

"And this thesis is somewhat connected with general social and political observations, because it establishes the fact that the number of consumers is considerably larger than the number of producers, a fact which exercises a not inconsiderable social and political pressure."

"And this thesis is somewhat connected with general social and political observations, because it establishes the fact that the number of consumers is considerably larger than the number of producers, a fact which exercises a not inconsiderable social and political pressure."

Hjalmar Schacht, German Economist

4

"The police had already found the cartridges and the rifles and the bag in the Texas School Depository and within a half an hour, those facts were known."

"The police had already found the cartridges and the rifles and the bag in the Texas School Depository and within a half an hour, those facts were known."

John Sherman Cooper, American Politician

Fact, Facts, Police, School

4

"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

4

"In fact, if they didn't let me commute, I would not have taken the role because I wanted to graduate high school with my classmates. I remember my agent's jaw dropping when I told him if I couldn't commute I didn't want the role."

"In fact, if they didn't let me commute, I would not have taken the role because I wanted to graduate high school with my classmates. I remember my agent's jaw dropping when I told him if I couldn't commute I didn't want the role."

Sarah Chalke, Canadian Actress

Fact, School, Want

4

"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

4

"I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions."

"I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions."

Charles Darwin, English Scientist

Fact, Facts, Machine

4

"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

4

"What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease."

"What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease."

Bliss Carman, Canadian Poet

Fact, Facts, Investigation

4

"The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a bonus for me."

"The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a bonus for me."

Karrie Webb, Australian Athlete

4

"One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very serious problems. They are not new. They did not develop yesterday or last year."

"One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very serious problems. They are not new. They did not develop yesterday or last year."

Andrew Greeley, American Clergyman

Fact, Problems, Profession, Yesterday

4

"The historian is terribly responsible to what he can discern are the facts of the case, but he's nothing if he doesn't make out a case."

"The historian is terribly responsible to what he can discern are the facts of the case, but he's nothing if he doesn't make out a case."

Howard Nemerov, American Poet

Fact, Facts, Nothing

4

"The fact that you are willing to say, "I do not understand, and it is fine," is the greatest understanding you could exhibit."

"The fact that you are willing to say, "I do not understand, and it is fine," is the greatest understanding you could exhibit."

Wayne Dyer, American Psychologist

Fact, Understanding

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