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The reason I am a political radical is that I work on syntax. If I worked on semantics (which in fact I do), I'd be a good Thatcherite.
I will try to cram these paragraphs full of facts and give them a weight and shape no greater than that of a cloud of blue butterflies.
I love the fact that trying is respected. The American Dream: if you try, if you build it, they will come. I love that. It's honorable.
I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.
There's always wan encouragin' thing about th' sad scientific facts that come out ivrv week in th' pa-apers. They're usually not thrue.
Surely the fact that a uniformed police officer is wearing his hair below his collar will make him no less identifiable as a policeman.
If we raise taxes on corporations, what incentive will they have to make money other than the fact that it's the sole reason they exist.
I worked a great deal then, as you can only do on a set theme, absolved from the obligation to find a new fact, a new subject every day.
That's what makes me keep playing every day is the fact that I'm not quite there, you know. There's always more for me to be able to do.
The fact that the market is not doing what we wish it would do is no reason to automatically assume that the government would do better.
There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well.
So astounding are the facts in this connection, that it would seem as though the Creator, himself had electrically designed this planet.
Conservatives try to adjust their behavior to fit the facts of nature. Liberals try to adjust the facts of nature to fit their behavior.
At any given moment, there is a sort of all pervading orthodoxy, a general tacit agreement not to discuss large and uncomfortable facts.
We can rest confident in the fact that nothing will happen to us in this world apart from the gracious will of a sovereign God. Nothing.
When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.
Youth, however, can afford to enjoy even its melancholy; for the ultimate fact of which that melancholy is a prophecy is a long way off.
My folks were English. They were too poor to be British. I still have a bit of British in me. In fact, my blood type is solid marmalade.
It's important to underscore this overriding fact: women are not just victims of conflict-they are agents of peace and agents of change.
The fact that there is a robust debate in Congress is good. The fact that the debate sometimes seems unanchored to facts is not so good.
Every fact is impure, but every fact contains in it the juices of life. Every fact is a clod, from which may grow an amaranth or a palm.
If I had ever really 'faced the facts' about myself, I never would have reached for even a zillionth of what I've managed to accomplish.
Several indisputable facts appear evident in geological and climate science that make me a true 'denier' of human-caused global warming.
No facts, however indubitably detected, no effort of reason, however magnificently maintained, can prove that Bach's music is beautiful.
Patience takes courage. It is not an ideal state of calm. In fact, when we practice patience we will see our agitation far more clearly.
It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.
Then you must reconcile yourself to the fact that something is always hurt by any change. If you do this, you will not be hurt yourself.
In fact, effective solidarity with the poor, both individual persons and entire nations, is indispensable for the construction of peace.
The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements simply are better if a certain famous person said them.
I, indeed, following the true law of history, have never set down any fact that I have not learned from trustworthy speakers or writers.
Proof ... was a conclusion built on a pyramid of facts, a broad base of accepted information on which more specific assertions were made.
Science is built up of facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.
A fair result can be obtained only by fully stating and balancing the facts and arguments on both sides of each question." Charles Darwin
There's this false notion that this is a regional phenomenon, when in fact every state in the union has hardcore rednecks. No exceptions.
A lawyers performance in the courtroom is responsible for about 25 percent of the outcome; the remaining 75 percent depends on the facts.
There might be a fact of the greatest significance reported by Thucydides which will only be recognized as such a hundred years from now.
The ending of partition was inevitable because Ireland was one nation by history and tradition , by facts of race, geography, and economy
Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figures can be selected to prove anything.
Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
Why is it so weird that somebody didn't recognize me?... The fact is that whenever I meet somebody, I say, 'Nice to meet you. I'm Julia.'
Only thin, weak thinkers despise fairy stories. Each one has a true, strange fact hidden in it, you know, which you can find if you look.
Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.
The reporter is the daily prisoner of clocked facts. On all working days, he is expected to do his best in one swift swipe at each story.
Reasonable and vicious are quite consistent with each other, in fact, only through their union are great and far-reaching crimes possible
These numbers are staggering, in fact incomprehensible. By all accounts, we are dealing with the greatest health crisis in human history.
You don't need to make the structure complicated, in fact you shouldn't. All you need is for every employee to know who their manager is.
My self-confidence comes from the fact that I have discovered my own dimensions. It does not behoove me to make myself smaller than I am.
But looking back, the fact was that I had a couple of big hits too quickly and it was simply too much for an introvert like me to handle.
It's true - I am a bisexual. But I can't deny that I've used that fact very well. I suppose it's the best thing that ever happened to me.
The winners stun us not by their cleverness, but by the fact that every tiny aspect of the business is just a touch better than the norm.