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A social fact is every way of acting, fixed or not, capable of exercising on the individual an external constraint; or again, every way of… — Emile Durkheim
Just as Darwin discovered the law of evolution in organic nature, so Marx discovered the law of evolution in human history; he discovered the simple… — Friedrich Engels
The first and most fundamental rule is: Consider social facts as things. — Emile Durkheim
... the fact is it didn't happen in the first month, the first six weeks, in a way that was at all acceptable. And since… — Barack Obama
It is a fact that, in the West, we live in a capitalist society, but that does not mean that we cannot be guided by… — Giorgio Armani
The prayer of the monk is not perfect until he no longer recognizes himself or the fact that he is praying. — Anthony of Padua
The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world. Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice. But the fact of Easter… — Henry Knox Sherrill
We apologize for the fact that the cartoons undeniably have offended many Muslims. — Carsten Juste
The fact remains that the overwhelming majority of people who have become wealthy have become so thanks to work they found profoundly absorbing. The long… — Srully Blotnick
For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact that in the fight against Communism the recovery of Europe's… — Rocco Buttiglione
You know, equality is a myth, and for some reason, everyone accepts the fact that women don't make as much money as men do. I… — Beyonce Knowles
I am surprised people took so long to pick up on the fact that my contract expires at the end of this year. Eddie has… — Damon Hill
An irrefutable proof that such single-celled primaeval animals really existed as the direct ancestors of Man, is furnished according to the fundamental law of biogeny… — Ernst Haeckel
It is, however, a most astonishing but incontestable fact, that the history of the evolution of man as yet constitutes no part of general education.… — Ernst Haeckel
On the whole, at least in the author's experience, the preparation of species-specific antiserum fractions and the differentiation of closely related species with precipitin sera… — Karl Landsteiner
The fact is that even art is subject to fashion. — Hugo Pratt
Though a man may be found in a weak state, that does not at all mean that he has been abandoned by God. On the… — John of Shanghai and San Francisco
The thief who received the kingdom of heaven, though not as the reward of virtue, is a true witness to the fact that salvation is… — John Cassian
My choice of a life of adventure may well have been a result of the fact that action raised my blood pressure giving me enough… — Jerzy Kosinski
We took special pride in the fact that climbing rocks and icefalls had no economic value in society...We were like a wild species living in… — Yvon Chouinard
The old system of having a baby was much better than the new system, the old system being characterized by the fact that the man… — Dave Barry
To put the flesh of an animal into one's belly makes one an accessory after the fact of its slaughter, simply because if cows, pigs,… — Philip Kapleau
Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ... The great fact [is] that in their day the great achievements of the past were the adventures… — Alfred North Whitehead
There is no effect more disproportionate to its cause than the happiness bestowed by a small compliment. — Robert Breault
The real attitude of sin in the heart towards God is that of being without God; it is pride, the worship of myself, that is… — Oswald Chambers

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