Facts Quotes
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I teach at Georgetown, and I see that the students have so many different interests. The main thing is to match your passion with your knowledge, because you can't just be passionate without knowing the facts, and facts are really boring without passion.
Madeleine Albright
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We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse
William S. Burroughs
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Every single fact I state in 'Fahrenheit 9/11' is the absolute and irrefutable truth...Do not let anyone say this or that isn't true. If they say that, they are lying.
Dave Kopel
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It was not my intention to doubt that, the Doctrines of the Illuminati, and principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States. On the contrary, no one is more truly satisfied of this fact than I am.
George Washington
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Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else.
Arthur Conan Doyle
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When the plane is delayed, it's not the fault of the girl at the desk. I'm resigned to the fact that everything is out of my control and that air travel nowadays is barbaric.
Tom Conti
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I felt pretty comfortable with Westerns, apart from the fact I couldn't ride.
Richard Widmark
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We are always looking for a small number of very evil needles in a very large haystack, which is the city of London.
Charles Clarke
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I just can't sit back and wallow, In my own sorrow, but I know one fact: I'll be one tough act to follow.
Marshall Bruce Mathers III Bad Meets Evil'
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Architecture depends on facts, but its real field of activity lies in the realm of the significance.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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He does what he thinks God would do if God only knew the facts.
Mortimer Zuckerman
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The search for causes must come after the collection of facts.
Hippolyte Taine
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The facts are really not at all like fish on the fishmonger's slab. They are like fish swimming about in a vast and sometimes inaccessible ocean; and what the historian catches will depend, partly on chance, but mainly on what part of the ocean he chooses to fish in and what tackle he chooses to use - these two factors being, of course, determined by the kind of fish he wants to catch. By and large, the historian will get the kind of facts he wants. History means interpretation.
Edward Hallett Carr
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The fact is, I loved being English. I was very happy to be turned into an English schoolboy.
Tom Stoppard
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All of you who have been through high dose psychedelic experiences know that it's very hard to carry stupid baggage through that keyhole. In fact you're lucky if you just get your soul and yourselves through and intact.
Terence McKenna
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Copyright? Copy RIGHT: Steal ideas, steal facts but do not steal words.
Dan Poynter
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I'd always maintained that much of the anarchy and craziness of the early internet had a lot to do with the fact that governments just hadn't realised it was there.
William Gibson
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Good and Evil are very hard to explain or understand. I'm sure that evil exists, but it is hard to isolate. Good and evil are intertwined and impossible to separate. They are not completely opposites and in fact are often one and the same.
Keith Haring
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One must envision the higher life and behave as if it were a fact before it can unfold.
Helen Keller
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However, given the fact that the State has a controlling stake in the company [Rosneft], it might not be the best course of action when one company under State control buys another one fully owned by the State. This is one point.
Vladimir Putin
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They weren't lying. They firmly believed it all. Which doesn't change the facts.
Andrzej Sapkowski
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Normal people think we're highly dependent and can't live without ongoing support, but in fact there are times when we're stoic heroes.
Naoki Higashida
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Fundamentalist is a person who considers whether a fact is acceptable to their faith before they explore it. As opposed to a curious person who explores first and then considers whether or not they want to accept the ramifications.
Seth Godin
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You can have your own opinion, but not your own facts.
Talib Kweli Black Star