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"It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic."
Edgar Allan Poe
"It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic."
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"If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing."
David Douglass
"If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing."
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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."
Helen Dunmore
"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."
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"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
"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."
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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."
Erno Rubik
"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."
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"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
"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."
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"The fact that a Republican is in the late Senator Kennedy's old seat probably must have him rolling in his grave, probably spilling his drink."
Ann Coulter
"The fact that a Republican is in the late Senator Kennedy's old seat probably must have him rolling in his grave, probably spilling his drink."
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"All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background."
Bobby Vinton
"All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background."
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"It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions."
Daniel Okrent
"It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions."
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"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
"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."
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"I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!"
Sally Field
"I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!"
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"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
"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."
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"In fact, Tibet is one of the most popular European tourist attraction of asia."
Alex Chiu
"In fact, Tibet is one of the most popular European tourist attraction of asia."
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"You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts."
Chevy Chase
"You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts."
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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."
Jackie Stewart
"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."
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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."
Jackie DeShannon
"I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion."
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"We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all in fact do."
Joan Blades
"We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all in fact do."
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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."
Lukas Foss
"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."
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"He who allows me to rule is in fact my master."
Pierre Corneille
"He who allows me to rule is in fact my master."
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"Most of my stories have some basis in fact."
Ken Follett
"Most of my stories have some basis in fact."
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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."
Sandra Bernhard
"There are few performers who would have had the audacity to even bring up the fact that they had been poorly reviewed."
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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."
Peter Banks
"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."
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"The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup."
Lorrie Fair
"The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup."
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"The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor."
Willa Cather
"The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor."
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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."
Sarah Bernhardt
"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."
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"The third group is focused on counterintelligence and security. I think the reason for that is fairly evident, in terms of vulnerabilities of the department and the harm that can come to it by failing to detect when we have, in fact, been harmed."
Stephen Cambone
"The third group is focused on counterintelligence and security. I think the reason for that is fairly evident, in terms of vulnerabilities of the department and the harm that can come to it by failing to detect when we have, in fact, been harmed."
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"Anyone who thinks they're important is usually just a pompous moron who can't deal with his or her own pathetic insignificance and the fact that what they do is meaningless and inconsequential."
William Thomas
"Anyone who thinks they're important is usually just a pompous moron who can't deal with his or her own pathetic insignificance and the fact that what they do is meaningless and inconsequential."
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"Despite recent media reports that have clouded, or even misrepresented, the facts, there is compelling evidence that al-Qaida and Iraq have been linked for more than a decade."
Elizabeth Dole
"Despite recent media reports that have clouded, or even misrepresented, the facts, there is compelling evidence that al-Qaida and Iraq have been linked for more than a decade."
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"You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas."
Alexander Herzen
"You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas."
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"My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits."
George Shearing
"My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits."
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"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
"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."
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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."
Joan Jett
"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."
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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."
Robert Nozick
"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."
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"My split with the university was over the fact that I had become involved with helping Tibetans in India."
George Woodcock
"My split with the university was over the fact that I had become involved with helping Tibetans in India."
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"Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them."
Adlai E. Stevenson
"Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them."
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"One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child."
Randall Jarrell
"One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups, to a child, is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child."
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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."
Newt Gingrich
"If the Soviet empire still existed, I'd be terrified. The fact is, we can afford a fairly ignorant presidency now."
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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."
Bruce Sterling
"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."
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"I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something."
Harry Chapin
"I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something."
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"In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think."
Neil Innes
"In fact, Moon came on tour with us for a bit just before a big festival in Brighton, I think."
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"The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still "are" human beings, now. Or can be."
David Foster Wallace
"The other half is to dramatize the fact that we still "are" human beings, now. Or can be."
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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."
Arnold Schwarzenegger
"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."
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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."
Wilbur Wright
"The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies."
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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."
Steve Case
"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."
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"As I understand it, Lacey has dismissed all of the fact checkers."
Sydney Schanberg
"As I understand it, Lacey has dismissed all of the fact checkers."
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"News is important information that may influence your investments. Noise is talk or buzz or some headline that prevents you from seeing a story clearly. News is useful. Noise is a distraction. Calling what's noise and news after the fact is easy."
Maria Bartiromo
"News is important information that may influence your investments. Noise is talk or buzz or some headline that prevents you from seeing a story clearly. News is useful. Noise is a distraction. Calling what's noise and news after the fact is easy."
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"And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation."
David Dinkins
"And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation."
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"I feel very strongly that it is vital for us to constantly keep in mind the fact that the Jewish problem is but a phase of the world problem."
Louis Finkelstein
"I feel very strongly that it is vital for us to constantly keep in mind the fact that the Jewish problem is but a phase of the world problem."
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"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
"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."
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"I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance."
Diogenes
"I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance."
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