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"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

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"I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system somehow. I think he kind of had it all figured out."

"I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system somehow. I think he kind of had it all figured out."

Joel Coen, American Director

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"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

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"A concept is stronger than a fact."

"A concept is stronger than a fact."

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American Writer

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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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"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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"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

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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."

"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, Russian Journalist

Fact, Facts, Law, Logic

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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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"Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts."

"Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts."

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat

Fact, Facts, Nothing

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"The facts are on our side."

"The facts are on our side."

Karen Hughes, American Politician

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"In fact, I have never met anyone who didn't like Gargoyles."

"In fact, I have never met anyone who didn't like Gargoyles."

Keith David, American Actor

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"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

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"In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually."

"In fact, entitlement spending on programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security make up 54% of federal spending, and spending is projected to double within the next decade. Medicare is growing by 9% annually, and Medicaid by 8% annually."

Jim Ryun, American Athlete

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"While it's very hard to know exactly how to measure public opinion there, because there's no really good polling, the fact of the matter is that in all the polls I've seen the vast majority of the Iraqis prefer to be free and are pleased that the coalition freed them."

"While it's very hard to know exactly how to measure public opinion there, because there's no really good polling, the fact of the matter is that in all the polls I've seen the vast majority of the Iraqis prefer to be free and are pleased that the coalition freed them."

Paul Bremer, American Statesman

Fact, Majority, Measure, Opinion

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"In fact, I had previously helped train one of the FBI agents who searched my apartment."

"In fact, I had previously helped train one of the FBI agents who searched my apartment."

Steven Hatfill, American Scientist

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"Layers are not difficult for me. You have the luxury of takes, so if you feel like, say, you did not take in the fact that your aunt is across the way in one take, you do it again and try to add that piece."

"Layers are not difficult for me. You have the luxury of takes, so if you feel like, say, you did not take in the fact that your aunt is across the way in one take, you do it again and try to add that piece."

Gillian Anderson, American Actress

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"We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice."

"We must face the fact that the preservation of individual freedom is incompatible with a full satisfaction of our views of distributive justice."

Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist

Fact, Freedom, Justice, Satisfaction

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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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"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."

"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, American Comedian

Fact, Facts, May

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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 am also a writer. That is a fact not known by the public in general."

"I am also a writer. That is a fact not known by the public in general."

Bob Kane, American Artist

Fact, Public, Writer

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"The fact of the matter is it's very reasonable to ask the wealthiest estates to pay their share. We did that since Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican president."

"The fact of the matter is it's very reasonable to ask the wealthiest estates to pay their share. We did that since Teddy Roosevelt, a Republican president."

Chris Van Hollen, American Politician

Fact, President, Republican

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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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"As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself."

"As a matter of fact, I rarely ever play myself."

Frank Langella, American Actor

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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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"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 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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"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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"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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"We used to speak familiarly of an agent, now do more, who was accustomed to manufacture evidence, and to invent facts in his cases, or at least to alter the aspects of facts to such an extent that they might fairly be viewed as new."

"We used to speak familiarly of an agent, now do more, who was accustomed to manufacture evidence, and to invent facts in his cases, or at least to alter the aspects of facts to such an extent that they might fairly be viewed as new."

George Combe, American Educator

Fact, Facts, Now

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

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

Felix Frankfurter, American Judge

Fact, Facts, Lawyers

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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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"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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"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

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"If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing."

"If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing."

David Douglass, American Physicist

Fact, Facts, Wrong

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"Yeah, yeah I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we're Satan worshippers, but next to that just the fact that we're normal."

"Yeah, yeah I think that's one of the biggest misconceptions towards the band. The biggest one is that we're Satan worshippers, but next to that just the fact that we're normal."

Tom Araya, American Musician

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"But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements."

"But the fact a person denies that he is theorising is no reason for taking him at his word and failing to investigate what implicit theory is involved in his statements."

Talcott Parsons, American Sociologist

Fact, Reason, Theory, Word

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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 way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment."

"The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment."

Celia Green, British Author

Fact, Facts, Research

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"I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging."

"I know for a fact that if there's a role which I am suited for, I'll be signed on. I'll never go begging."

Aishwarya Rai, Indian Actress

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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."

"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, American Actress

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"Besides merely some pleasure that we get out of the combinations of pitches together and lines, I think that there is some satisfaction that we get in the fact of having this diffuse thing organized very concretely and put onto a frame and have it actually decided."

"Besides merely some pleasure that we get out of the combinations of pitches together and lines, I think that there is some satisfaction that we get in the fact of having this diffuse thing organized very concretely and put onto a frame and have it actually decided."

Leo Ornstein, American Composer

Fact, Pleasure, Satisfaction

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"Then I loved the fact that we were actually recording live."

"Then I loved the fact that we were actually recording live."

Chuck Mangione, American Musician

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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."

"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, American Musician

Fact, Singing, Songs

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"In fact, an awful lot of N.F.L. club owners have practically no influence on their players at all, simply because they're not full-time working owners."

"In fact, an awful lot of N.F.L. club owners have practically no influence on their players at all, simply because they're not full-time working owners."

Pete Rozelle, American Celebrity

Fact, Influence

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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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