2,590 Quotes About Facts

  • Author Ludwig Wittgenstein
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    We could present spatially an atomic fact which contradicted the laws of physics, but not one which contradicted the laws of geometry.

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  • Author Ludwig Wittgenstein
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    The fact that we can describe the motions of the world using Newtonian mechanics tell us nothing about the world. The fact that we do, does tell us something about the world.

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  • Author Margaret Wertheim
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    Nature doesn't feel compelled to stick to a mathematically precise algorithm; in fact, nature probably can't stick to an algorithm.

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  • Author Marianne Wiggins
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    What thrills me about trains is not their size or their equipment but the fact that they are moving, that they embody a connection between unseen places.

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  • Author Marianne Williamson
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    If there is anything interesting about my story it's the fact that it's not unique at all. I feel that I have been through what almost everyone I know has - a slow and gradual maturation process.

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  • Author Marianne Williamson
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    There is a perverse comfort zone to living a small life. For women, that zone has to do with the fact that we're less likely to be challenged, we're less likely to be criticized, we're less likely to be called angry or strident, if we simply go along and acquiesce to the prevailing patterns of thought and behavior.

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  • Author Marianne Williamson
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    The fact that people in Hollywood are open to what I teach is not because they're more desperate than anyone else, but because they're more touched by it. That's not their weakness. It's their strength!

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  • Author Mary Wollstonecraft
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    In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own reason.

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