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108 Factual quotes by 97 unique authors

Islam is unusual in that it's the only one of the great world religions which was born inside recorded history. That there's an enormous amount… — Salman Rushdie
Like, I took no poetic license with 'Schindler's List' because that was historical, factual documents. — Steven Spielberg
There are times when personal experience keeps us from reaching the mountain top and so we let it go because the weight of it is… — Bell Hooks
Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts,… — Madeleine L'Engle
There is a relentless search for the factual and this quest often lacks warmth or reverence. At a certain stage in our life we may… — John O'Donohue
[B]riefing is not reading. In fact it is the antithesis of reading. Briefing is terse, factual and to the point. Reading is untidy, discursive and… — Alan Bennett
They may already know too much about their mother and father--nothing being more factual than divorce, where so much has to be explained and worked… — Richard Ford
...evolution is not a religious tenet, to which one swears allegiance or belief as a matter of faith.. It is a factual reality of the… — Michael Shermer
So tell me, since it makes no factual difference to you and you can't prove the question either way, which story do you prefer? Which… — Yann Martel
Nothing factual that I write or say will be as truthful as my fiction. — Nadine Gordimer
Though the details differ across the world, no known culture lacks some version of the time-consuming, wealth consuming, hostility provoking rituals, the anti-factual, counter-productive fantasies… — Richard Dawkins
Where we are from... [s]tories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start calling him maestro.… — Adam Johnson
The spirit of rebellion can only exist in a society where a theoretical equality conceals great factual inequalities. The problem of rebellion, therefore, has no… — Albert Camus
Any factual errors that remain are entirely the fault of Bob, who snuck into the offices at DAW to try to sabotage my book. I… — Jim C. Hines
I am very astonished that the scientific picture of the real world around me is very deficient. It gives a lot of factual information, puts… — Erwin Schrodinger
Deep down, creationists realize they will never win factual arguments with science. This is why they have construed their own science-like universe, known as Intelligent… — Frans de Waal
Journalists who are devoted to strictly factual reporting take particular pleasure from satirical news outlets that have the liberty to laugh and even mock the… — Tom Rachman
Fiction connects: past and present; the great and the small; the surface with the depths. Fiction brings out the innermost, invisible springs of life that… — Varley O'Connor
This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his life is so… — Martin Bashir
I think you can be tough and aggressive with facts in a way that you cannot be tough and aggressive with emotional retorts. Most of… — John Sununu
When we are reporting the news, we make every effort to report it in as factual way as possible. — Joshua Micah Marshall
Every trial lawyer knows what it is like to sit patiently while the other side puts on its case. Inevitably they make a few points… — Eliot Spitzer
The factual reality is that the vast majority of immigrants - legal and illegal - contribute more to this country than they take out in… — Juan Williams
When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction,… — Oscar Hijuelos
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached. — Antonin Scalia

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