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"The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell."

"The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell."

Ben Okri, Nigerian Poet

Fact, Imperfection

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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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"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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"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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"The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational."

"The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational."

A. N. Wilson, English Writer

Fact, Hunger, Logic

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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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"Legends are material to be moulded, and not facts to be recorded."

"Legends are material to be moulded, and not facts to be recorded."

Hervey Allen, American Author

Fact, Facts, Legends

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"I think the Republicans are subverted by the fact that so many of their leaders send their kids to private schools, they don't really have the stomach for the fight."

"I think the Republicans are subverted by the fact that so many of their leaders send their kids to private schools, they don't really have the stomach for the fight."

Peter Brimelow, British Journalist

Fact, Fight, Kids, Leaders

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"Let me dispel a few rumors so they don't fester into facts."

"Let me dispel a few rumors so they don't fester into facts."

Tom Schulman, American Screenwriter

Fact, Facts, Rumors

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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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

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"We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information."

"We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information."

Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian Economist

Fact, Facts, Information, Measure

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"I do not feel certain until I have confronted my initial solution with other solutions - although in fact the first solution often proves to be the right one."

"I do not feel certain until I have confronted my initial solution with other solutions - although in fact the first solution often proves to be the right one."

Arne Jacobsen, Danish Architect

Fact, First, Right, Solution

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"How, possibly, could the police have made the 'mistake' of charging the wrong man with the notorious Red Light Bandit crimes? That also is something that is fully revealed in the Pandora's Box of facts I have prepared."

"How, possibly, could the police have made the 'mistake' of charging the wrong man with the notorious Red Light Bandit crimes? That also is something that is fully revealed in the Pandora's Box of facts I have prepared."

Caryl Chessman, American Celebrity

Fact, Facts, Light, Man, Police

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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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"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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"What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease."

"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

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"Show me a better man. Name one and I am answered; but do not point, as a disqualification, to the very facts which make this man fit beyond all others."

"Show me a better man. Name one and I am answered; but do not point, as a disqualification, to the very facts which make this man fit beyond all others."

Roscoe Conkling, American Politician

Fact, Facts, Man, Name

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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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"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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"The quarrel of the sociologists with the historians is that the latter have learned so much about how to do it that they have forgotten what to do. They have become so skilled in finding facts that they have no use for the truths that would make the facts worth finding."

"The quarrel of the sociologists with the historians is that the latter have learned so much about how to do it that they have forgotten what to do. They have become so skilled in finding facts that they have no use for the truths that would make the facts worth finding."

Albion W. Small, American Sociologist

Fact, Facts, Historians, Quarrel, Worth

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"When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler."

"When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler."

Al Gore, American Vice President

Fact, Facts, Law

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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."

"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, American Politician

Fact, Facts, Iraq, Media

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"The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton."

"The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton."

Cecil Rhodes, British Statesman

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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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"I felt pretty comfortable with Westerns, apart from the fact I couldn't ride."

"I felt pretty comfortable with Westerns, apart from the fact I couldn't ride."

Richard Widmark, American Actor

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"What I'd like to get across is try your best to be yourself. I realize there are those who are much further along than you are; there are stars, but learn to be who you are and to play yourself. Be confident in that fact."

"What I'd like to get across is try your best to be yourself. I realize there are those who are much further along than you are; there are stars, but learn to be who you are and to play yourself. Be confident in that fact."

Jerome Richardson, American Musician

Fact, Play, Stars

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"One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways."

"One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways."

Karl A. Menninger, American Psychologist

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"I think the fact that I created something and had an enormous influence is indisputable."

"I think the fact that I created something and had an enormous influence is indisputable."

La Monte Young, American Composer

Fact, Influence

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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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"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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"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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"In fact, our monthly trade deficit figure is so huge it equals the entire annual budget of our Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans fought to make us free from foreign tyranny, but the new tyranny is taking a different form."

"In fact, our monthly trade deficit figure is so huge it equals the entire annual budget of our Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans fought to make us free from foreign tyranny, but the new tyranny is taking a different form."

Marcy Kaptur, American Politician

Fact, Trade, Tyranny, Veterans

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"I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century."

"I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century."

Oliver North, American Soldier

Fact, Kids, Marines, Trade

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"The world is the totality of facts, not of things."

"The world is the totality of facts, not of things."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

Fact, Facts, World

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"I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something."

"I am a greedy, selfish bastard. I want the fact that I existed to mean something."

Harry Chapin, American Musician

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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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"The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star."

"The fact is, I never wanted to be a movie star."

Piper Laurie, American Actress

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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."

"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, American Clergyman

Fact, Mind, World

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"As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then."

"As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then."

David Dinkins, American Politician

Fact, Law, Public, School

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"You can't let players do what they wish and be professional. That's a fact. As for the team, Boro had two internationals when I got there in 1995. Now they have more than 15. And they didn't cost the fortune some suggest."

"You can't let players do what they wish and be professional. That's a fact. As for the team, Boro had two internationals when I got there in 1995. Now they have more than 15. And they didn't cost the fortune some suggest."

Bryan Robson, English Athlete

Fact, Fortune, Now

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"The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a bonus for me."

"The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a bonus for me."

Karrie Webb, Australian Athlete

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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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"I firmly believe that as voters come to learn more and more about John Kerry and learn more and more about his message that they're going to want a President who is willing to address the fact that we didn't have a post-war plan in Iraq."

"I firmly believe that as voters come to learn more and more about John Kerry and learn more and more about his message that they're going to want a President who is willing to address the fact that we didn't have a post-war plan in Iraq."

Harold Ford, American Politician

Fact, Iraq, Post, President

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"Some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up and touch everything. If you never let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you."

"Some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up and touch everything. If you never let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you."

E. L. Konigsburg, American Author

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"The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma."

"The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma."

Elijah Cummings, American Politician

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