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"The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system."

"The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system."

Talcott Parsons, American Sociologist

Fact, Facts, Importance, Problems, Will

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"We are deeply conscious of the fact that our north and west must be developed."

"We are deeply conscious of the fact that our north and west must be developed."

Lionel K. Murphy, Australian Politician

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"Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it's all been based on the fact that I did it on my own or was doing, enjoying doing it on my own in the first place."

"Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it's all been based on the fact that I did it on my own or was doing, enjoying doing it on my own in the first place."

Eric Clapton, British Musician

Fact, First, Loss, Obscurity

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"Interdependence is a fact, it's not an opinion."

"Interdependence is a fact, it's not an opinion."

Peter Coyote, American Actor

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"Our liquidity is fine. As a matter of fact, it's better than fine. It's strong."

"Our liquidity is fine. As a matter of fact, it's better than fine. It's strong."

Kenneth Lay, American Businessman

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"The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt, is that it is possible to be a normal decent person and yet be fully alive."

"The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt, is that it is possible to be a normal decent person and yet be fully alive."

Allen Ginsberg, American Poet

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"I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid."

"I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid."

Katey Sagal, American Athlete

Fact, Growingup, Self

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"There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum."

"There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum."

Arthur C. Clarke, English Writer

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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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"For some unknown reason, bad-boys draw you in despite the fact that they are jerks."

"For some unknown reason, bad-boys draw you in despite the fact that they are jerks."

Alexis Bledel, American Actress

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"The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor."

"The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor."

Willa Cather, American Author

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"The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind."

"The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind."

Ernst Mach, Austrian Physicist

Fact, Mankind, Necessity, Occupation

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"The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit."

"The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit."

Milton Friedman, American Economist

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"Now it's a fully realized production but for the fact that we're holding our scripts in our hand and some of us used them, and some of us didn't and you have to by union rules hold the script. You don't have to use them but you gotta hold them."

"Now it's a fully realized production but for the fact that we're holding our scripts in our hand and some of us used them, and some of us didn't and you have to by union rules hold the script. You don't have to use them but you gotta hold them."

Blair Underwood, American Actor

Fact, Now, Production, Rules

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"Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step."

"Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

Fact, Film, First

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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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"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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"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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"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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"In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind."

"In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind."

Nathan Deal, American Politician

Fact, Nations, Research, Support

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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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"To the fantastic mental illness of Rationalism, hard facts are regrettable things, and to talk about them is to create them."

"To the fantastic mental illness of Rationalism, hard facts are regrettable things, and to talk about them is to create them."

Francis Parker Yockey, American Writer

Fact, Facts, Illness, Talk

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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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"It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept."

"It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept."

Pat Boone, American Musician

Fact, Liberal, Majority, Obvious

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"The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment."

"The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment."

Ednita Nazario, American Musician

Fact, Judgment, Now

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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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"The fact is that daytime television is less valued than nighttime, and it's partly because of the product that we produce. We do a one-hour show in 12 hours. Nighttime produces a one-hour show in seven to nine days."

"The fact is that daytime television is less valued than nighttime, and it's partly because of the product that we produce. We do a one-hour show in 12 hours. Nighttime produces a one-hour show in seven to nine days."

Deidre Hall, American Actress

Fact, Television

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"We have finally started to notice that there is real curative value in local herbs and remedies. In fact, we are also becoming aware that there are little or no side effects to most natural remedies, and that they are often more effective than Western medicine."

"We have finally started to notice that there is real curative value in local herbs and remedies. In fact, we are also becoming aware that there are little or no side effects to most natural remedies, and that they are often more effective than Western medicine."

Anne Wilson Schaef, American Psychologist

Fact, Medicine, Remedies, Value

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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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"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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"The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished."

"The fact is that racism, despite all the doomsayers, has diminished."

Constance Baker Motley, American Activist

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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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"I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the writing just come out of me automatically."

"I think it was the fact that I liked it so much that made the writing just come out of me automatically."

James Herriot, British Writer

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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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"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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"Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed."

"Like Russell, I enjoy the fact that when I'm playing solo, if I want to do something completely spontaneous, I don't have to worry about how I'm going to cue the other musicians, or if it's something that's rehearsed."

Benny Green, British Musician

Fact, Musicians, Want, Worry

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"All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name."

"All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name."

Ugo Betti, Italian Playwright

Fact, Giving, Name

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"The simple fact is that what you see on the screen is pretty much real."

"The simple fact is that what you see on the screen is pretty much real."

Simon Pegg, British Comedian

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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 spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language."

"The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language."

Robert Fripp, English Musician

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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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"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 are Englishmen; that is one good fact."

"We are Englishmen; that is one good fact."

Oliver Cromwell, English Soldier

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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."

"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, American Athlete

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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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"Socialism also brings us up against the hard rock of eugenic fact which, if we neglect it, will dash our most beautiful social construction to fragments."

"Socialism also brings us up against the hard rock of eugenic fact which, if we neglect it, will dash our most beautiful social construction to fragments."

Havelock Ellis, British Psychologist

Fact, Neglect, Socialism, Will

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"In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order to treat HIV among the world's poor is one of the last great hopes of solidarity across a widening divide."

"In fact, it seems to me that making strategic alliances across national borders in order to treat HIV among the world's poor is one of the last great hopes of solidarity across a widening divide."

Paul Farmer, American Educator

Fact, Order, Poor, Solidarity

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"I've done both theatre and film and the fact is if you start believing, if you start reading things and they're good reviews - you believe that and you're lost, and then you read bad reviews and you think that's true and you read that and you're lost."

"I've done both theatre and film and the fact is if you start believing, if you start reading things and they're good reviews - you believe that and you're lost, and then you read bad reviews and you think that's true and you read that and you're lost."

Jenny Agutter, English Actress

Fact, Film, Reading, Theatre

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"I think that the mere fact that I'm doing it ought to inspire someone. In junior high school the counselor suggested that I focus on wood shop and metal shop."

"I think that the mere fact that I'm doing it ought to inspire someone. In junior high school the counselor suggested that I focus on wood shop and metal shop."

Christopher Darden, American Lawyer

Fact, Focus, School, Wood

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