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"A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case."

"A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case."

Finley Peter Dunne, American Journalist

Fact, Facts, Man

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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

46

"Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity."

"Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity."

Jean Genet, French Dramatist

46

"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

45

"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

45

"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

45

"It was that chemistry. And was the fact that he was president part of that chemistry? I don't know. Maybe. Probably. But it was - I was there because there was chemistry. I wasn't there because, oh, this is the president."

"It was that chemistry. And was the fact that he was president part of that chemistry? I don't know. Maybe. Probably. But it was - I was there because there was chemistry. I wasn't there because, oh, this is the president."

Monica Lewinsky, American Celebrity

Fact, President

45

"But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm producing something that I wouldn't normally be approaching the way I'm doing it."

"But I'm aware of the fact that I'm working in a commercial venue where I'm producing something that I wouldn't normally be approaching the way I'm doing it."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

45

"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

45

"On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place."

"On the other hand, at some level the mass of unresolved issues in Northern Ireland does influence the fact that there are so many good writers in the place."

Paul Muldoon, English Poet

Fact, Influence, Ireland, Writers

45

"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

45

"He who allows me to rule is in fact my master."

"He who allows me to rule is in fact my master."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

45

"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

45

"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

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"The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts."

"The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts."

Charles Henry Parkhurst, American Clergyman

Fact, Facts, Words

45

"If you assume that it was a valid experiment, then its disintegration reveals a very substantial part of what has been found since then, including the fact that you can get heat generation at high temperature."

"If you assume that it was a valid experiment, then its disintegration reveals a very substantial part of what has been found since then, including the fact that you can get heat generation at high temperature."

Martin Fleischmann, English Scientist

45

"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

45

"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

45

"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

45

"There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better."

"There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

45

"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

45

"The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal."

"The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal."

Bob Woodward, American Journalist

45

"Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them."

"Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

Fact, Facts, Sense

45

"It has long been a fact familiar to geologists, that, both on the east and west coasts of the central part of Scotland, there are lines of raised beaches, containing marine shells of the same species as those now inhabiting the neighbouring sea."

"It has long been a fact familiar to geologists, that, both on the east and west coasts of the central part of Scotland, there are lines of raised beaches, containing marine shells of the same species as those now inhabiting the neighbouring sea."

Charles Lyell, British Lawyer

Fact, Now, Scotland, Sea

45

"A lot of that momentum comes from the fact that Linux is free."

"A lot of that momentum comes from the fact that Linux is free."

Nat Friedman, American Businessman

45

"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

45

"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

45

"It was spontaneously composed as I was playing it. And then I added a couple of other overdub textures on top of it after the fact. But it's one of those things where I wouldn't be able to sit down and specifically write that. That's just what came out."

"It was spontaneously composed as I was playing it. And then I added a couple of other overdub textures on top of it after the fact. But it's one of those things where I wouldn't be able to sit down and specifically write that. That's just what came out."

Dweezil Zappa, American Musician

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"Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific."

"Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific."

Talcott Parsons, American Sociologist

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"I got off on the fact that a guy would be so into me from the get-go without really knowing me. That's probably why I had so many bad relationships."

"I got off on the fact that a guy would be so into me from the get-go without really knowing me. That's probably why I had so many bad relationships."

Christina Applegate, American Actress

Fact, Relationships

44

"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

44

"When drawings of the main buildings I have designed in the last five years are juxtaposed, the fact that they all involve the pursuit of certain configurations is obvious to anyone."

"When drawings of the main buildings I have designed in the last five years are juxtaposed, the fact that they all involve the pursuit of certain configurations is obvious to anyone."

Yoshio Taniguchi, Japanese Architect

Fact, Obvious, Pursuit, Years

44

"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

44

"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

44

"But there is something to the fact that we don't see games on the West Coast, or we don't see games on the East Coast, and stuff like that. It's so unfair, because there is a bias that takes place."

"But there is something to the fact that we don't see games on the West Coast, or we don't see games on the East Coast, and stuff like that. It's so unfair, because there is a bias that takes place."

Marcus Allen, American Athlete

44

"A concept is stronger than a fact."

"A concept is stronger than a fact."

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American Writer

44

"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

44

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

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

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

44

"In fact, it is Shakespeare who gives us the map of the mind. It is Shakespeare who invents Freudian Psychology. Freud finds ways of translating it into supposedly analytical vocabulary."

"In fact, it is Shakespeare who gives us the map of the mind. It is Shakespeare who invents Freudian Psychology. Freud finds ways of translating it into supposedly analytical vocabulary."

Harold Bloom, American Critic

Fact, Mind, Psychology, Shakespeare

44

"In fact, it used to be a joke if you studied at a University."

"In fact, it used to be a joke if you studied at a University."

Tony Randall, American Actor

Fact, University

44

"Facts do not speak."

"Facts do not speak."

Henri Poincare, French Mathematician

44

"What I had said in the morning was that this is what we know has happened, but there has been no significant off-site release. Only to find out moments later that, in fact, there had been an off-site release. I still haven't gotten over that."

"What I had said in the morning was that this is what we know has happened, but there has been no significant off-site release. Only to find out moments later that, in fact, there had been an off-site release. I still haven't gotten over that."

William Scranton, American Politician

44

"In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made."

"In fact, Cannonball Run II. I used to pick that as the worst movie ever made."

Gene Siskel, American Critic

44

"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

44

"In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect."

"In fact I am quite snappy and irritable, and I don't know if I'd like to make myself worse in that respect."

Nigella Lawson, British Journalist

44

"Well, that was certainly - to me, until we could film in Charles' room, I didn't even want to bother filming anything else. And in fact, I did hold off and that was the first thing we filmed."

"Well, that was certainly - to me, until we could film in Charles' room, I didn't even want to bother filming anything else. And in fact, I did hold off and that was the first thing we filmed."

Terry Zwigoff, American Director

Fact, Film, First, Want

44

"We wanted to get everyone back focused on the fact we are playing live again. It really does sound great."

"We wanted to get everyone back focused on the fact we are playing live again. It really does sound great."

Andy Taylor, British Musician

44

"No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts."

"No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Fact, Facts, May, Religious, Theories

44

"The facts are on our side."

"The facts are on our side."

Karen Hughes, American Politician

44

"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

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