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"I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel at all."

"I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel at all."

Helen Dunmore, British Poet

Fact, Research, Years

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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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"A man is not primarily a witness against something. That is only incidental to the fact that he is a witness for something."

"A man is not primarily a witness against something. That is only incidental to the fact that he is a witness for something."

Whittaker Chambers, American Writer

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"We must accept the fact that transport and communications will bring the world in close relations and the youth of the world should have standards and ideals in common."

"We must accept the fact that transport and communications will bring the world in close relations and the youth of the world should have standards and ideals in common."

Juliette G. Low, American Founder

Fact, Ideals, Will, World

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"The Cube can seem alive as it heats up in your hand. The fact that each face of the Cube is made of three layers of three blocks has an important meaning."

"The Cube can seem alive as it heats up in your hand. The fact that each face of the Cube is made of three layers of three blocks has an important meaning."

Erno Rubik, Hungarian Inventor

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"A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person."

"A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person."

Edward W. Howe, American Novelist

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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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"One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans... was to come to terms with was the fact that, hey, we may not be the center of the universe."

"One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans... was to come to terms with was the fact that, hey, we may not be the center of the universe."

Kevin J. Anderson, American Writer

Fact, May, Universe

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"I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be."

"I will continue to express the fact I am for a drug-free sport and always will be."

Marion Jones, American Athlete

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"Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic."

"Bad reasoning as well as good reasoning is possible; and this fact is the foundation of the practical side of logic."

Charles Sanders Peirce, American Philosopher

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"This season is a lot funnier, not as dark, mainly because, well, she has accepted the fact that she is dead. She knows she cannot go back to where she was when she was alive."

"This season is a lot funnier, not as dark, mainly because, well, she has accepted the fact that she is dead. She knows she cannot go back to where she was when she was alive."

Ellen Muth, American Actress

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"It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged."

"It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged."

Bruce Babbitt, American Politician

Fact, Living, Wilderness

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"Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous."

"Scientists are really very conscious of the fact that they stand on the shoulders of an enormous tree of preceding workers and that their own contribution is not so enormous."

Martin Fleischmann, English Scientist

Fact, Scientists, Workers

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"Don't confuse facts with reality."

"Don't confuse facts with reality."

Robert D. Ballard, American Scientist

Fact, Facts, Reality

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"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

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"In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man."

"In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man."

Giacomo Casanova, Italian Celebrity

Fact, Fool, Man, Witty

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"The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret, Julian Assange's judgment has been pretty good so far."

"The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret, Julian Assange's judgment has been pretty good so far."

Daniel Ellsberg, American Celebrity

Fact, Judgment, Pretty

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"The fact that we don't keep repeating tests in the same arena is not because the probability of the hypothesis showing its falsity in other arenas goes up after it has passed tests in one arena."

"The fact that we don't keep repeating tests in the same arena is not because the probability of the hypothesis showing its falsity in other arenas goes up after it has passed tests in one arena."

Robert Nozick, American Philosopher

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"It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives."

"It is not the fact of liberty but the way in which liberty is exercised that ultimately determines whether liberty itself survives."

Dorothy Thompson, American Journalist

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"So the tough questions that have been asked of Sarah Palin thus far just have been about the fact that she doesn't know anything and isn't ready to be vice president. That's fair game and it has nothing to do with her gender."

"So the tough questions that have been asked of Sarah Palin thus far just have been about the fact that she doesn't know anything and isn't ready to be vice president. That's fair game and it has nothing to do with her gender."

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American Politician

Fact, Gender, Nothing, President

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"Fact is based upon vulgar matter."

"Fact is based upon vulgar matter."

Charles Olson, American Poet

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"And I have to tell you as a grandmother, I worry about the fact that my grandchildren are going to be paying for all the spending, including military spending, that has gone on and the tax cuts that have come through."

"And I have to tell you as a grandmother, I worry about the fact that my grandchildren are going to be paying for all the spending, including military spending, that has gone on and the tax cuts that have come through."

Geraldine Ferraro, American Politician

Fact, Tax, Military, Taxcuts

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"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

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"But it is a fact that within Jewry there exists a sect which engaged in these murders."

"But it is a fact that within Jewry there exists a sect which engaged in these murders."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

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"Facts are counterrevolutionary."

"Facts are counterrevolutionary."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"I've become a real housewife. Terry doesn't mind me working, in fact he loves me to be independent. But I only get an allowance of $15 dollars a week, which doesn't go very far."

"I've become a real housewife. Terry doesn't mind me working, in fact he loves me to be independent. But I only get an allowance of $15 dollars a week, which doesn't go very far."

Marta Kristen, American Actress

Fact, Housewife, Mind

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"Our research led on to other things, such as the fact that exchange rates are not lognormally distributed."

"Our research led on to other things, such as the fact that exchange rates are not lognormally distributed."

John Hull, American Economist

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"I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't."

"I ought to rejoice in the fact that our principal rival has died, but I don't."

Jonathan Dimbleby, British Writer

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"I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance."

"I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance."

Diogenes, Greek Philosopher

Fact, Ignorance, Nothing

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"You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed."

"You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed."

Oliver Stone, American Director

Fact, Facts, Historians, Judgment, Order

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"We may either proceed from principles to facts, or recede from facts to principles."

"We may either proceed from principles to facts, or recede from facts to principles."

Henry Mayhew, English Journalist

Fact, Facts, May, Principles

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"The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount."

"The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount."

Kenneth Blackwell, American Politician

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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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"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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"I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me."

"I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me."

Ryan White, American Celebrity

Fact, Facts, Kids, Parents, School

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"My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts."

"My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts."

Charles Darwin, English Scientist

Fact, Facts, Laws, Machine, Mind

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"The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky."

"The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky."

Lukas Foss, German Composer

Fact, Influence, Obvious

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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

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"The first months at Harvard were more than challenging, as I came to the realization that the humanities could be genuinely interesting, and, in fact, given the weaknesses of my background, very difficult."

"The first months at Harvard were more than challenging, as I came to the realization that the humanities could be genuinely interesting, and, in fact, given the weaknesses of my background, very difficult."

Philip Warren Anderson, American Scientist

Fact, First, Months

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"President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves."

"President Johnson and I have a lot in common. We were both born in small towns and we're both fortunate in the fact that we think we married above ourselves."

Richard M. Nixon, American President

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"If one does away with the fact of the Resurrection, one also does away with the Cross, for both stand and fall together, and one would then have to find a new center for the whole message of the gospel."

"If one does away with the fact of the Resurrection, one also does away with the Cross, for both stand and fall together, and one would then have to find a new center for the whole message of the gospel."

Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Theologian

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"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

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"That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim."

"That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

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"Now, the United Nations is an organization that I believe was founded with good intentions. As a matter of fact, a prominent Tennessean named Cordell Hull was very involved with it."

"Now, the United Nations is an organization that I believe was founded with good intentions. As a matter of fact, a prominent Tennessean named Cordell Hull was very involved with it."

Zach Wamp, American Politician

Fact, Intentions, Nations, Now

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"Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact."

"Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact."

Jane Haddam, American Writer

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"Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve."

"Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve."

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish Journalist

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"In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think."

"In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think."

Neil Innes, British Writer

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"The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still "are" human beings, now. Or can be."

"The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still "are" human beings, now. Or can be."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

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"What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions."

"What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more and more popular: the loose putting down of opinions as though they were facts, and the treating of facts as though they were opinions."

Gore Vidal, American Novelist

Fact, Facts, Opinions, Question

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"A great deal has been accomplished by the team, and I do think it important that it goes on and it is allowed to reach its full conclusion. In fact, I really believe it ought to be better resourced and totally focused on WMD; that that is important to do it."

"A great deal has been accomplished by the team, and I do think it important that it goes on and it is allowed to reach its full conclusion. In fact, I really believe it ought to be better resourced and totally focused on WMD; that that is important to do it."

David Kay, American Scientist

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