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"Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see."

"Personal experiences affect the facts that judges choose to see."

Sonia Sotomayor, American Judge

Fact, Facts, Judges

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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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"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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"A lot of that momentum comes from the fact that Linux is free."

"A lot of that momentum comes from the fact that Linux is free."

Nat Friedman, American Businessman

2

"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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"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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"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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"A picture is a fact."

"A picture is a fact."

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian Philosopher

2

"A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am."

"A large nose is in fact the sign of an affable man, good, courteous, witty, liberal, courageous, such as I am."

Edmond Rostand, French Poet

Fact, Liberal, Man, Witty

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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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"Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer."

"Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer."

Peter Drucker, American Businessman

2

"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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"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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"If you are charged with this responsibility of enhancing interrogations, or using soldiers to enhance interrogations to find Saddam, and you're above the law for all practical purposes, you might try some unusual techniques. Now we know that, in fact, they did."

"If you are charged with this responsibility of enhancing interrogations, or using soldiers to enhance interrogations to find Saddam, and you're above the law for all practical purposes, you might try some unusual techniques. Now we know that, in fact, they did."

Janis Karpinski, American Soldier

Fact, Law, Now, Responsibility

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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 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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"My fate has been that what I undertook was fully understood only after the fact."

"My fate has been that what I undertook was fully understood only after the fact."

Benoit Mandelbrot, French Mathematician

2

"We must accept the fact that transport and communications will bring the world in close relations and the youth of the world should have standards and ideals in common."

"We must accept the fact that transport and communications will bring the world in close relations and the youth of the world should have standards and ideals in common."

Juliette G. Low, American Founder

Fact, Ideals, Will, World

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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

2

"We may either proceed from principles to facts, or recede from facts to principles."

"We may either proceed from principles to facts, or recede from facts to principles."

Henry Mayhew, English Journalist

Fact, Facts, May, Principles

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"The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount."

"The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount."

Kenneth Blackwell, American Politician

2

"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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"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

2

"Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite."

"Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

Fact, Infinite, Space

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"Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything."

"Our relationship was cursed by the fact that we agreed on everything."

Elia Kazan, American Director

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"I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older."

"I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older."

Meryl Streep, American Actress

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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

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"There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths."

"There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several."

"What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use."

"As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

Fact, Facts, Theories

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"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."

"Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact."

George Eliot, British Author

Fact, Giving, Man, Nothing

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"There is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly described. I photograph to see what something will look like photographed."

"There is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly described. I photograph to see what something will look like photographed."

Garry Winogrand, American Photographer

Fact, Nothing, Will

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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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"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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"Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one."

"Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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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

1

"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

1

"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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"In fact, it is Shakespeare who gives us the map of the mind. It is Shakespeare who invents Freudian Psychology. Freud finds ways of translating it into supposedly analytical vocabulary."

"In fact, it is Shakespeare who gives us the map of the mind. It is Shakespeare who invents Freudian Psychology. Freud finds ways of translating it into supposedly analytical vocabulary."

Harold Bloom, American Critic

Fact, Mind, Psychology, Shakespeare

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"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd."

"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd."

Bertrand Russell, British Philosopher

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"Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout."

"Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout."

William James, American Philosopher

Fact, Facts, Religious, Temper

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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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"It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved."

"It is very comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad. That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved."

Tom Wolfe, American Journalist

1

"The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion."

"The equatorial line is, in fact, the centre of atmospheric motion."

John H. Speke, British Explorer

1

"What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive."

"What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and the fact that you know how to drive."

Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist

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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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"Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter."

"Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter."

Kenneth Starr, American Lawyer

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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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"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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"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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