Facts

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Facts are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract truth which interpenetrates them, and lies latent among them, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its whole value: and the precious particles are generally combined with the baser in such a manner that the separation is a task of the utmost difficulty.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Facts

Author

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Source

History Edinburgh Review

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1828 1820s 19th century

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Citation

Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "History." Edinburgh Review, May 1828.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Aldous Huxley

Proper Studies

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Inconvenient truth Facts

Author

Aldous Huxley

Source

A Note on Dogma Proper Studies

Language

English

Time

1927 1920s 20th century

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Huxley, Aldous. "A Note on Dogma." Proper Studies. Chatto & Windus, 1927.

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

John Adams

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Facts

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John Adams

Medium

Speech

Genre

Courtroom speech

Language

English

Time

1770 1770s 18th century

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Adams, John. Spoken at the argument in defense of the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials. Boston Massacre Trials. 4 Dec. 1770, Queen Street courtroom, Boston, MA, USA.

Alternative facts are not facts, they're falsehoods.

Chuck Todd

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Lying and politics Truth and lies Facts

Speaker

Chuck Todd

Source

Meet the Press

Medium

TV program

Language

English

Time

2017 2010s 21st century

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Todd, Chuck. Interviewed by Kellyanne Conway. Meet the Press. NBC, 22 Jan. 2017.

Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.

Arthur Conan Doyle

A Study in Scarlet

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Facts What really matters

Speaker

Sherlock Holmes

Author

Arthur Conan Doyle

Source

A Study in Scarlet

Medium

Novel Magazine

Genre

Detective fiction

Language

English

Time

1887 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Doyle, Arthur Conan. "A Study in Scarlet." Beeton's Christmas Annual. London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1887.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan. A Study in Scarlet. The Sherlock Holmes Collector's Library. Detective Fiction, 2012, pt. 1, ch. 2.

Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.

Inglourious Basterds

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Facts Rumors Truth vs. fiction

Speaker

Col. Hans Landa

Actor

Christoph Waltz

Source

Inglourious Basterds

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

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Inglourious Basterds. Directed by Quentin Tarantino, A Band Apart/Studio Babelsberg/Visiona Romantica, 2009.

No, no, really! Memory's not perfect. It's not even that good. Ask the police. Eyewitness testimony is unreliable. The cops don't catch a killer by sitting around remembering stuff. They collect facts, they make notes and they draw conclusions. Facts, not memory. That's how you investigate. I know. It's what I used to do. Look, memory can change the shape of a room. It can change the color of a car and memories can be distorted. They're just an interpretation. They're not a record. They're irrelevant if you have the facts.

Memento

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Memory Facts

Speaker

Leonard

Actor

Guy Pearce

Source

Memento

Medium

Film

Genre

Neo-noir Thriller (film) Thriller

Language

English

Time

2000 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Memento. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Summit Entertainment/Team Todd, 2000.

We must trust to nothing but facts: these are presented to us by nature and cannot deceive.

Antoine Lavoisier

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Facts Scientific method Science

Author

Antoine Lavoisier

Source

Elements of Chemistry

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

French

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

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Original Citation

Lavoisier, Antoine. Elements of Chemistry, in a New Systematic Order, Containing All the Modern Discoveries, translated by Robert Kerr. William Creech, 1790.

Current Citation

Lavoisier, Antoine. Elements of Chemistry, translated by Robert Kerr. Dover Publications, 1965.