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  • Beau Willimon The way I see politics is, I don't think it's cynical to accept the fact politicians are human beings, that they're flawed, and they represent the best and the worst of us.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Winston Churchill The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The whole strength of England lies in the fact that the enormous majority of the English people are snobs.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Harold Macmillan The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.
    Harold Macmillan
    British Conservative politician, prime minister (1894 - 1986)
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  • Antonio Perez The wireless segment is approximately 50 percent of our business... we believe this is an industry-wide phenomenon and that we are, in fact, maintaining if not gaining market share.
    Antonio Perez
    Spanish statesman, secretary King Phillip II (1540 - 1611)
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  • John B. S. Haldane The wise man regulates his conduct by the theories both of religion and science. But he regards these theories not as statements of ultimate fact but as art-forms.
    John B. S. Haldane
    British scientist, writer (1892 - 1964)
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  • Brad Carson There are philosophical issues involved in that about choosing the right discount rate, the value, the future, and things like that which drive it. But its start with the premise that global warming is real and if you're a denier of that fact, then you're not going to find climate change mitigation policies to have particular appeal.
    Brad Carson
    American lawyer and politician (1967 - )
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  • Barbara Park There are those who believe that the value of a children's book can be measured only in terms of the moral lessons it tries to impose or the perfect role models it offers. Personally, I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. In fact, I happen to think that's huge.
    Barbara Park
    American author of children's books (1947 - 2013)
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  • Bliss Carman There is a passion for perfection which you will rarely see fully developed; but you may note this fact, that in successful lives it is never wholly lacking.
    Bliss Carman
    Canadian poet (1861 - 1929)
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  • Arthur C. Clarke There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.
    Arthur C. Clarke
    British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist (1917 - 2008)
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  • Mao Tse-Tung There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
    Mao Tse-Tung
    Chinese politician (1893 - 1976)
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  • Ben Carson There is no fulfillment in things whatsoever. And I think one of the reasons that depression reigns supreme amongst the rich and famous is some of them thought that maybe those things would bring them happiness. But what, in fact, does is having a cause, having a passion. And that's really what gives life's true meaning.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Ronald Laing There is no such ''condition'' as ''schizophrenia,'' but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event.
    Ronald Laing
    unorthodox Scottish psychiatrist (1927 - 1989)
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  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle There is nothing as deceptive as an obvious fact.
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892)
    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    British author (1859 - 1930)
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  • Barbara Olson There is one question that I don't think Gary Condit can answer, and that I think is why we all aimed at Gary Condit, besides the fact that he has a relationship.
    Barbara Olson
    American lawyer (1955 - 2001)
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  • Oscar Wilde There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Mark Twain There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of fact.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Benjamin Graham There is something paradoxical in the fact that by establishing an export market we subject our entire domestic production to the vagaries of that market.
    Storage and Stability Part IV, Ch. XIV, Farm Problems and Remedies, p. 1
    Benjamin Graham
    British-born American economist, professor and investor (1894 - 1976)
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  • Buzz Aldrin There's a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after the Wright Brothers' first flight.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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