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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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"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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"When we first started playing we did a lot of rehearsing. We used to write out everything. In fact, that's the way everybody rehearses: we play the tunes and improvise."

"When we first started playing we did a lot of rehearsing. We used to write out everything. In fact, that's the way everybody rehearses: we play the tunes and improvise."

Charlie Haden, American Musician

Fact, First, Play

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"Attitudes are more important than facts."

"Attitudes are more important than facts."

George MacDonald, Scottish Novelist

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"Further, a document names and identifies the actual Red Light Bandits (plural), because in fact there are two."

"Further, a document names and identifies the actual Red Light Bandits (plural), because in fact there are two."

Caryl Chessman, American Celebrity

Fact, Light, Names

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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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"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

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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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"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."

"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, American Journalist

Fact, Grave, Old, Republican

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"I started to realise that it wasn't for me. Perhaps I didn't have to give my Hamlet before I died, that the world might be an OK place without my Hamlet, in fact."

"I started to realise that it wasn't for me. Perhaps I didn't have to give my Hamlet before I died, that the world might be an OK place without my Hamlet, in fact."

Eric McCormack, Canadian Actor

43

"Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we've seen - the Internet - has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don't get in the way of this ideology."

"Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we've seen - the Internet - has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don't get in the way of this ideology."

Lawrence Lessig, American Educator

Fact, Facts, Ideology, Internet

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"It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions."

"It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions."

Daniel Okrent, American Editor

43

"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

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"Hindsight is wonderful. It's always very easy to second guess after the fact."

"Hindsight is wonderful. It's always very easy to second guess after the fact."

Helen Reddy, Australian Actress

Fact, Hindsight

43

"In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different Indo-European languages with one another, and eventually they could not fail to wonder what exactly these connections showed, and how they should be interpreted in concrete terms."

"In fact, from then on scholars engaged in a kind of game of comparing different Indo-European languages with one another, and eventually they could not fail to wonder what exactly these connections showed, and how they should be interpreted in concrete terms."

Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss Educator

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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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"We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets fired because she's not good. They hire a babysitter to help out and she finds out she hates the fact that the kids have more fun with the sitter than her."

"We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets fired because she's not good. They hire a babysitter to help out and she finds out she hates the fact that the kids have more fun with the sitter than her."

Patricia Heaton, American Actress

Fact, Fun, Help, Job

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"The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek word."

"The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek word."

Gilbert Murray, British Diplomat

Fact, Meaning, Word

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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."

"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, American Politician

Fact, Harm, Reason, Security

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"The key fact missed most often by social scientists utilizing documentary films for data, is this: documentary films are not found or reported things; they're made things."

"The key fact missed most often by social scientists utilizing documentary films for data, is this: documentary films are not found or reported things; they're made things."

Bruce Jackson, American Public Servant

Fact, Key, Scientists

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"The fact of the matter is, most of our orders are not supersized. Less than five per cent are supersized - that's never mentioned. The whole issue has been supersized itself."

"The fact of the matter is, most of our orders are not supersized. Less than five per cent are supersized - that's never mentioned. The whole issue has been supersized itself."

Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

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"The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable."

"The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable."

Alfred Russel Wallace, British Scientist

Fact, Force, Nothing

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"When I was an undergraduate I had very badly annotated editions of Shakespeare's sonnets, all of which left out the important fact that will has a sexual sense in Shakespeare's sonnets."

"When I was an undergraduate I had very badly annotated editions of Shakespeare's sonnets, all of which left out the important fact that will has a sexual sense in Shakespeare's sonnets."

Thom Gunn, British Poet

Fact, Sense, Shakespeare, Will

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"Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts."

"Independence means you decide according to the law and the facts."

Stephen Breyer, American Judge

Fact, Facts, Independence, Law

43

"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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"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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"As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse."

"As I say, I'm a discourse advocate. What form it comes is less important to me than the fact that there is discourse."

Jim Lehrer, American Journalist

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"The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence."

"The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence."

Antony Jay, British Writer

Fact, Opposition, Service

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"The hard fact is that not everyone does get published."

"The hard fact is that not everyone does get published."

Rudy Rucker, American Scientist

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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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"Youth, however, can afford to enjoy even its melancholy; for the ultimate fact of which that melancholy is a prophecy is a long way off."

"Youth, however, can afford to enjoy even its melancholy; for the ultimate fact of which that melancholy is a prophecy is a long way off."

Richard Le Gallienne, English Poet

Fact, Melancholy, Prophecy, Youth

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"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

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"Of Adam and Eve: They had what they wanted. That they did not like it when they got it does not alter the fact that they certainly got it."

"Of Adam and Eve: They had what they wanted. That they did not like it when they got it does not alter the fact that they certainly got it."

Charles Williams, English Editor

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"So the - the part of the problem is not just the rhetoric. It's the fact that we - we're so polarized in what we've done to each other as parties over the last thirty years in redistricting that it's very, very hard to overcome your own constituencies and move to the middle."

"So the - the part of the problem is not just the rhetoric. It's the fact that we - we're so polarized in what we've done to each other as parties over the last thirty years in redistricting that it's very, very hard to overcome your own constituencies and move to the middle."

Howard Dean, American Politician

Fact, Rhetoric, Years

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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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"Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it."

"Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it."

Elia Kazan, American Director

Fact, Facts, Mystery, Secrecy, Suspicion

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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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"In trials of fact, by oral testimony, the proper inquiry is not whether is it possible that the testimony may be false, but whether there is sufficient probability that it is true."

"In trials of fact, by oral testimony, the proper inquiry is not whether is it possible that the testimony may be false, but whether there is sufficient probability that it is true."

Simon Greenleaf, American Judge

Fact, May, Trials

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"All I'm going to tell you is investigations, whether it be this and others, where you have partial facts, analysts, agents are always trying to interpret what those facts mean, extrapolate from them what they mean."

"All I'm going to tell you is investigations, whether it be this and others, where you have partial facts, analysts, agents are always trying to interpret what those facts mean, extrapolate from them what they mean."

Robert Mueller, American Public Servant

Fact, Facts, Trying

42

"The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one."

"The mood in which my book was conceived and executed, was in fact to some extent a passing one."

F. H. Bradley, British Philosopher

42

"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

42

"As a reporter, I approach every situation knowing that everyone has his or her own agenda. It's not a bad thing; it's just a fact."

"As a reporter, I approach every situation knowing that everyone has his or her own agenda. It's not a bad thing; it's just a fact."

Maria Bartiromo, American Journalist

42

"To some lawyers, all facts are created equal."

"To some lawyers, all facts are created equal."

Felix Frankfurter, American Judge

Fact, Facts, Lawyers

42

"I just cash in on the fact that I'm good looking, and I've got a nice figure and girls like me."

"I just cash in on the fact that I'm good looking, and I've got a nice figure and girls like me."

Sid Vicious, English Musician

42

"The mainstream media has its own agenda. They do not want to print the facts. They have an agenda, they have a slant, they have a bias. It is outrageous to me."

"The mainstream media has its own agenda. They do not want to print the facts. They have an agenda, they have a slant, they have a bias. It is outrageous to me."

Curt Weldon, American Politician

Fact, Facts, Media, Want

42

"For us, Marxism is always open because there are always new xperiences, there are always new facts, including facts about the past, which have to be incorporated in the corpus of scientific socialism."

"For us, Marxism is always open because there are always new xperiences, there are always new facts, including facts about the past, which have to be incorporated in the corpus of scientific socialism."

Ernest Mandel, Belgian Author

Fact, Facts, Marxism, Open, Past

42

"Johnny Depp is so special that he is like a Martian. In fact, that's what I call him, Martian."

"Johnny Depp is so special that he is like a Martian. In fact, that's what I call him, Martian."

Penelope Cruz, Spanish Actress

42

"There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon."

"There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

42

"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

42

"As I understand it, Lacey has dismissed all of the fact checkers."

"As I understand it, Lacey has dismissed all of the fact checkers."

Sydney Schanberg, American Journalist

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