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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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"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."

"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, American Journalist

Fact, Influence, Information, May

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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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"A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed."

"A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed."

Talcott Parsons, American Sociologist

Fact, Facts, State

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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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"I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease."

"I often wish... that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease."

Bliss Carman, Canadian Poet

Fact, Facts, Investigation, Tyranny

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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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"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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"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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"The fact is that violence gives you a rush."

"The fact is that violence gives you a rush."

Penn Jillette, American Entertainer

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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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"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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"Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman."

"Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman."

Thurgood Marshall, American Judge

Fact, Hair, Police, Will

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"It desirable to add one or two facts bearing on the domestic political aspects of the problem."

"It desirable to add one or two facts bearing on the domestic political aspects of the problem."

Dillon Anderson, American Politician

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"Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow?"

"Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow?"

Garrett Fort, American Writer

Fact, Superstition, Tomorrow, Yesterday

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"Many of the railroad evils were inherent in the situation; they were explained by the fact that both managers and public were dealing with a new agency whose laws they did not completely understand."

"Many of the railroad evils were inherent in the situation; they were explained by the fact that both managers and public were dealing with a new agency whose laws they did not completely understand."

John Moody, American Businessman

Fact, Laws, Managers, Public

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"You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox."

"You see I'm against hunting, in fact I'm a hunt saboteur. I go out the night before and shoot the fox."

Tim Vine, British Comedian

Fact, Hunting, Night

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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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"What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate."

"What makes bebop legitimate is the fact that when it was done, it was illegitimate."

Matthew Shipp, American Musician

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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 reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story."

"The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story."

Jim Bishop, American Journalist

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"Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems."

"Special emphasis should be laid on this intimate interrelation of general statements about empirical fact with the logical elements and structure of theoretical systems."

Talcott Parsons, American Sociologist

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"I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish forever... and the more I considered the subject, the bigger the forever loomed. Without knowing how to do it, I began to record some facts around me, and the more I looked the more the panorama unfolded."

"I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish forever... and the more I considered the subject, the bigger the forever loomed. Without knowing how to do it, I began to record some facts around me, and the more I looked the more the panorama unfolded."

Frederic Remington, American Artist

Fact, Facts, Land

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"I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale."

"I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale."

Tom Paulin, Irish Poet

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"I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free."

"I will not say the fact that there are no European Union observers at an election means that it will not be fair and free."

Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian Statesman

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"With representation there to do the speaking, the guilty are suddenly given the freedom that comes with hiding behind the fact that they never said that - in fact, they never said anything!"

"With representation there to do the speaking, the guilty are suddenly given the freedom that comes with hiding behind the fact that they never said that - in fact, they never said anything!"

Michael Musto, American Writer

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"Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in."

"Our political leaders must be honest and forthcoming with data that will allow citizens to use facts and figures to judge for themselves what state Social Security is in."

Grace Napolitano, American Politician

Fact, Facts, Leaders, Politicalleaders, Security

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"As a matter of fact, we put it down because we wanted to be jazz pickers."

"As a matter of fact, we put it down because we wanted to be jazz pickers."

Charlie Rich, American Musician

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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."

"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, Austrian Actor

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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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"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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"Yeah, I might remaster it, in fact I'm sure I would. But all the songs will be the same."

"Yeah, I might remaster it, in fact I'm sure I would. But all the songs will be the same."

John Wozniak, American Musician

Fact, Songs, Will

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"There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia,' but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event."

"There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia,' but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event."

R. D. Laing, Scottish Psychologist

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"Renunciation - that is the great fact we all, individuals and classes, have to learn. In trying to avoid it we bring misery to ourselves and others."

"Renunciation - that is the great fact we all, individuals and classes, have to learn. In trying to avoid it we bring misery to ourselves and others."

Beatrice Potter Webb, British Sociologist

Fact, Misery, Renunciation, Trying

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"We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all in fact do."

"We aim to express the passion of our members in something actionable that we can all in fact do."

Joan Blades, American Businessman

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"The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all."

"The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all."

Al Alvarez, English Poet

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"The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect."

"The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect."

James Payn, English Novelist

Fact, Man, Necessity, Self

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"As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie."

"As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

Fact, Plants, Variety

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"Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely."

"Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely."

Hesketh Pearson, English Actor

Fact, Man, Obvious, Pride

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"As a matter of fact, if you do not take into account, as Congressman Ross just stated, the Social Security surplus, our fiscal deficit, ladies and gentlemen, is over $700 billion today."

"As a matter of fact, if you do not take into account, as Congressman Ross just stated, the Social Security surplus, our fiscal deficit, ladies and gentlemen, is over $700 billion today."

Jim Costa, American Politician

Fact, Ladies, Gentlemen, Security

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"I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact."

"I'm a laugh tart. I make no secret of that fact."

Hugh Grant, English Actor

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"Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?"

"Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?"

Frank Herbert, American Writer

Fact, May, Senses, World

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"We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody."

"We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody."

J. Edgar Hoover, American Public Servant

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"The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion."

"The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion."

Jim Harrison, American Writer

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"I would like that to be known; these facts are in the summary which I think is a very good one."

"I would like that to be known; these facts are in the summary which I think is a very good one."

John Sherman Cooper, American Politician

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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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"The other guys drink, but they don't drink anywhere near what I used to. And I think they're slightly respectful of the fact that I'm off it, so it's not a problem."

"The other guys drink, but they don't drink anywhere near what I used to. And I think they're slightly respectful of the fact that I'm off it, so it's not a problem."

Graham Coxon, German Musician

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"We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests."

"We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of newspapers, magazines and digests."

Henry Miller, American Author

Fact, Facts, Newspapers, Talk, Theories

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"An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact."

"An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact."

Maria Edgeworth, Irish Novelist

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