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We tend to think of the problems of globalization and cultural identity as peculiar to our times. In fact they are rooted in ancient problems of civic belonging.

Mark Kingwell (2000). “The World We Want: Restoring Citizenship in a Fractured Age”, p.3, Rowman & Littlefield

The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.

Marc Bloch (1992). “The Historian's Craft”, p.40, Manchester University Press

I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.

Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

I pride myself on the fact that my work has no socially redeeming value.

"Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste". Book by John Waters, 1981.

Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.

Jean Genet (2003). “Prisoner of Love”, New York Review of Books

I conceive of God, in fact, as a means of liberation and not a means to control others.

"In Search of a Majority". James A. Baldwin's address at Kalamazoo College in Michigan (February 1960), as quoted in James A. Baldwin "Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son", July 1961.

The past is made out of facts...I guess the future is just hope.

Isaac Marion (2012). “Warm Bodies: A Novel”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.

Henry Miller (1941). “The Wisdom of the Heart”, p.93, New Directions Publishing

Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts.

"Half a Twist on a Cliche Speech" by Adriana Salerno, blogs.ams.org. May 30, 2011.