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  • Alice Duer Miller A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world.
    Alice Duer Miller
    American writer (1874 - 1942)
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  • Blanche Lincoln A common misconception is that the costs of health care are cheaper in rural America, when in fact the reality is that they are more expensive and more difficult to access.
    Blanche Lincoln
    American politician and lawyer (1960 - )
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  • Charlotte Perkins Gilman A concept is stronger than a fact.
    Charlotte Perkins Gilman
    American feminist, sociologist, novelist, writer and poet (1860 - 1935)
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  • Luigi Pirandello A fact is like a sack - it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feelings that caused it in the first place.
    Luigi Pirandello
    Italian poet, playwright and Nobel laureate in literature (1934) (1867 - 1936)
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  • Bill Cosby A father... knows exactly what those boys at the mall have in their depraved little minds because he once owned such a depraved little mind himself. In fact, if he thinks enough about the plans that he used to have for young girls, the father not only will support his wife in keeping their daughter home but he might even run over to the mall and have a few of those boys arrested.
    Bill Cosby
    American actor, comedian, producer (1937 - )
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  • Anderson Cooper A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.
    Anderson Cooper
    American television journalist (1967 - )
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  • Bernard Goldberg A lot of people who voted for Barack Obama expected and were led to expect something new in politics: a new tone of political discourse in Washington. And I think - I think they're disappointed, because Barack Obama is not a new kind of politician. In fact, he's an old Chicago politician.
    Bernard Goldberg
    American author and journalist (1945 - )
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  • Simone Weil A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so; and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Walter Bagehot A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and, as such, it rivets mankind.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Tony Robbins A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.
    Tony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Anthony Robbins A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Bill McKibben A spiritual voice is urgently needed to underline the fact that global warming is already causing human anguish and mortality in our nation and abroad, and much more will occur in the future without rapid action.
    Bill McKibben
    American environmentalist, author, and journalist (1960 - )
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  • Edgar W. Howe A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Charles Dickens A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Edgar W. Howe A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • Alan Thicke About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor and songwriter (1947 - 2016)
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  • Alan Thicke About 100 things that your kid will do that will surprise you and break your heart and it will be a combination of fact based therapy, medically advised kinds of passages accompanied by celebrity anecdotes and just some funny stuff to lighten the load.
    Alan Thicke
    Canadian actor, songwriter, comedian, writer and television host (1947 - 2016)
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  • Philip Larkin Above all, though, children are linked to adults by the simple fact that they are in process of turning into them. For this they may be forgiven much. Children are bound to be inferior to adults, or there is no incentive to grow up.
    Philip Larkin
    English poet, novelist and librarian (1922 - 1985)
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  • Fran Lebowitz All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • David Gemmell All legends have a base in fact.
    David Gemmell
    British author of heroic fantasy (1948 - 2006)
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