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

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Our first ideas of life are generally taken from fiction rather than fact.
Life and Living
Arthur Schopenhauer

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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.
Satisfaction
Arthur Schopenhauer

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Comment is free but facts are sacred.
Facts
Charles Prestwich Scott

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The fact, if they are there, speak for themselves.
Truth
David Seabury

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We've got a lemon factory and we're turning out 80-85 percent lemons.
Company
Albert Shanker

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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
Dissatisfaction
George Bernard Shaw

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He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.
Memory
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

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The facts of a person's life will, like murder, come out.
Biography
Norman Sherry

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Desire is the most important factor in the success of any athlete.
Desire
Willie Shoemaker

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Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.
Words
Adlai E. Stevenson

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The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry.
Promotion
Sir Henry Taylor

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Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
Winners and Winning
Brian Tracy

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Desire will in due time externalize itself as concrete fact.
Desire
Thomas Troward

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We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.
Truth
Harry S Truman

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We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them
Law and Lawyers
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker

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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.
Facts
Mark Twain

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If they had not landed there would be some reason for celebrating the fact.
Pilgrims
Mark Twain

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The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.
self-esteem
Mark Twain

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Adversity is a fact of life. It can't be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it.
Adversity
Source Unknown

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Even the woodpecker owes its success to the fact that he used his head.
Work
Source Unknown

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Never forget the facts are important but it's the opinion of the facts that causes comment.
Facts
Source Unknown

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No fact of human nature is more characteristic that its willingness to live on a chance.
Courage
Source Unknown

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Practical observation commonly consists of collecting a few facts and loading them with guesses.
Intuition
Source Unknown

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Prejudice is a great timesaver. It enables you to form opinions without bothering to get facts.
Prejudice
Source Unknown

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun