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The great tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
Science and Scientists
Thomas H. Huxley

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The destroyer of weeds, thistles, and thorns is a benefactor whether he soweth grain or not.
Worth
Robert Green Ingersoll

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I'd rather be dead than singing Satisfaction when I'm forty-five.
Song and Singing
Mick Jagger

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
Life and Living
Henry James

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The fatal futility of Fact.
Facts
Henry James

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As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.
Belief
William James

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Belief creates the actual fact.
Belief
William James

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Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.
Belief
William James

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No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
Home
Samuel Johnson

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My share of the work may be limited, but the fact that it is work makes it precious.
Work
Helen Keller

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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.
Peace
John F. Kennedy

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No matter what you believe, it doesn't change the facts.
Truth
Al Kersha

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Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are.
Self-expression
Soren Kierkegaard

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The ultimate umpire of all things in life is -- fact.
Facts
Agnes C. Laut

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All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.
Beauty
Fran Lebowitz

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Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.
Miracles
C. S. Lewis

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Once a newspaper touches a story the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists.
Newspapers
Norman Mailer

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Metaphors are much more tenacious than facts.
Image
Paul De Man

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To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
Past
Marcus Valerius Martial

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In science, all facts no matter how trivial, enjoy democratic equality.
Science and Scientists
Mary Mccarthy

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The fact that it had never been done before made it even more irresistible.
Fulfillment
William Mcgovern

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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
Money
H. L. Mencken

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Attitudes are more important than facts.
Attitude
Karl A. Menninger

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Life has to be given a meaning because of the obvious fact that it has no meaning.
Meaning of Life
Henry Miller

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I consider myself an average man, except in the fact that I consider myself an average man.
Averages
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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