#facts

The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. ↗

— William James

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We talked about the Internet and Wikipedia and how facts and history are being collectively created online. ↗

— Joichi Ito

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Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout. ↗

— William James

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To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

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Facts are, insurance ratings are really dependent on the notion that some people are higher risk than others. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

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When I was there, something clicked in my head; I found myself interviewing people, searching out facts and figures. Later on I became much more self-conscious of what I was doing. ↗

— Joe Sacco

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The French people need to have all the facts so they can choose. And I won't be running away from it or hiding from it. ↗

— Nicolas Sarkozy

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Your desires and true beliefs have a way of playing blind man's bluff. You must corner the inner facts. ↗

— David Seabury

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We give you the facts. I told you information is power - knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts. ↗

— Tavis Smiley

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The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation. ↗

— Adam Smith

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