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"The tests which showed that this was the only rifle which had the markings which were shown on the bullets; the fact that a man was seen by several witnesses, not identified, but seen in the window with the general description of what he looked like."

"The tests which showed that this was the only rifle which had the markings which were shown on the bullets; the fact that a man was seen by several witnesses, not identified, but seen in the window with the general description of what he looked like."

John Sherman Cooper, American Politician

Fact, Man, Tests

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"I dislike math, yet I respect and appreciate the fact that math is the language of the universe."

"I dislike math, yet I respect and appreciate the fact that math is the language of the universe."

Lucas Grabeel, American Actor

Fact, Language, Respect, Universe

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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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"We have had more sales for this year's grand prix than any other, and we have been helped in that by the fact that Jenson had 10 podiums last season and looks like a winner. It is good for British motor racing if he is there and doing well."

"We have had more sales for this year's grand prix than any other, and we have been helped in that by the fact that Jenson had 10 podiums last season and looks like a winner. It is good for British motor racing if he is there and doing well."

Jackie Stewart, Scottish Athlete

Fact, Racing, Sales

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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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"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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"I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion."

"I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion."

Jackie DeShannon, American Musician

Fact, Guitar, Songs

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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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"The fact that someone came forward and offered $1.25 million to make a movie was astonishing. We were also allowed to keep many of the original stage cast."

"The fact that someone came forward and offered $1.25 million to make a movie was astonishing. We were also allowed to keep many of the original stage cast."

Richard O'Brien, English Actor

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"I am certain more emergency supplemental bills will be needed before this process is concluded. In fact, there is a point I have repeated several times recently which keeps the enormity of this situation in perspective."

"I am certain more emergency supplemental bills will be needed before this process is concluded. In fact, there is a point I have repeated several times recently which keeps the enormity of this situation in perspective."

Jo Bonner, American Politician

Fact, Perspective, Will

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"The other guys drink, but they don't drink anywhere near what I used to. And I think they're slightly respectful of the fact that I'm off it, so it's not a problem."

"The other guys drink, but they don't drink anywhere near what I used to. And I think they're slightly respectful of the fact that I'm off it, so it's not a problem."

Graham Coxon, German Musician

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"Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There's a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn't exist."

"Rather than doing the kind of fact-checking that normally goes with a story, you ran with certain stories for not wanting to get beat. There's a pressure that exists in your profession. I would be surprised in any honest exchange that you say that doesn't exist."

Rahm Emanuel, American Politician

Fact, Pressure, Profession

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"There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed."

"There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed."

Sandra Bernhard, American Actress

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"We have the fact we sell out every week to 67,500 and hopefully 75,000 in the future. We have a lot of assets."

"We have the fact we sell out every week to 67,500 and hopefully 75,000 in the future. We have a lot of assets."

David Gill, Scottish Scientist

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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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"I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy."

"I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy."

Lee Iacocca, American Businessman

Fact, Facts, Regret

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"To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many."

"To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many."

Vladimir Putin, Russian Statesman

Fact, Possibilities, Solution

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"I've had lots of replies, we're into the double figures now. And the overall standard is very good. In fact I've been feeling a little guilty, because I haven't replied to anyone yet - it is something I will be doing."

"I've had lots of replies, we're into the double figures now. And the overall standard is very good. In fact I've been feeling a little guilty, because I haven't replied to anyone yet - it is something I will be doing."

Peter Banks, British Musician

Fact, Feeling, Now, Will

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"I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer."

"I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer."

Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress

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"The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts."

"The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts."

Samuel Chase, American Judge

Fact, Facts, Jury, Law, Right

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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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"When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler."

"When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler."

Al Gore, American Vice President

Fact, Facts, Law

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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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"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."

"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts."

Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American Politician

Fact, Facts, Opinion

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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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"It was in 1969 that I was able to give up my administrative responsibility. As I worked hard my research never suffered during this period and as a matter of fact these were probably some of my most productive years."

"It was in 1969 that I was able to give up my administrative responsibility. As I worked hard my research never suffered during this period and as a matter of fact these were probably some of my most productive years."

George Andrew Olah, American Scientist

Fact, Research, Responsibility, Years

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"I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet."

"I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet."

Frank Shorter, American Athlete

Fact, Feet, Light, Quick

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"But we cannot just take this historical fact for granted. We must make it live."

"But we cannot just take this historical fact for granted. We must make it live."

Wendell Willkie, American Lawyer

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"General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are to its leaves."

"General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are to its leaves."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

Fact, Facts, Principles

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"My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits."

"My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits."

George Shearing, British Musician

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"Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives."

"Generosity is nothing else than a craze to possess. All which I abandon, all which I give, I enjoy in a higher manner through the fact that I give it away. To give is to enjoy possessively the object which one gives."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

Fact, Generosity, Nothing

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"You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox."

"You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox."

Tim Vine, British Comedian

Fact, Hunting, Night

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"I don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be any rock 'n' roll out there anyplace. Everything does seem kind of tame. It's even hard in Manhattan to go out and find a good band to go see."

"I don't know if I miss it per se, but I do miss the fact that there just doesn't seem to be any rock 'n' roll out there anyplace. Everything does seem kind of tame. It's even hard in Manhattan to go out and find a good band to go see."

Joan Jett, American Musician

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"Considering the fact that I've used it in the past, and know what it is, and seen the results of it, I don't view marijuana as a dangerous drug."

"Considering the fact that I've used it in the past, and know what it is, and seen the results of it, I don't view marijuana as a dangerous drug."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

Fact, Past, Results

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"The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke."

"The fact that I got Drugstore Cowboy at all was a fluke."

Kelly Lynch, American Actress

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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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"Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities."

"Just when we most need to be clearheaded, in order to face the hard facts before us, there is all too frequently a very real inclination to give way to dangerous tendencies merely as an escape from realities."

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian Politician

Fact, Facts, Order

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"Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections."

"Anyone who says businessmen deal in facts, not fiction, has never read old five-year projections."

Malcolm Forbes, American Publisher

Fact, Facts, Fiction, Old

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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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"Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them."

"Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

Fact, Man, Words

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"The United States is a strong and ardent ally of Israel. The fact of the matter is that friends can disagree. I think what's important is that world leaders are able to sit down with one another, have frank conversations and move forward."

"The United States is a strong and ardent ally of Israel. The fact of the matter is that friends can disagree. I think what's important is that world leaders are able to sit down with one another, have frank conversations and move forward."

Valerie Jarrett, American Lawyer

Fact, Friends, Israel, Leaders

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"We are the recorders and reporters of facts - not the judges of the behaviors we describe."

"We are the recorders and reporters of facts - not the judges of the behaviors we describe."

Alfred Kinsey, American Scientist

Fact, Facts, Judges

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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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"If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now."

"If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now."

Newt Gingrich, American Politician

Fact, Now, Presidency

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"If bin Laden is in fact publicly killed, then the US military will find itself standing around with its hands in its pockets, wondering what's supposed to come next."

"If bin Laden is in fact publicly killed, then the US military will find itself standing around with its hands in its pockets, wondering what's supposed to come next."

Bruce Sterling, American Writer

Fact, Military, Will

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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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"The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies."

"The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies."

Wilbur Wright, American Inventor

Fact, Flying, Machines

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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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"I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact."

"I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

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