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• In the operative opinion of the world, he who is already fully provided with what is necessary for him, that man shall have more;while he who is deplorably destitute of the same, he shall have taken away from him even that which he hath. Yet the world vows it is a very plain, downright matter-of-fact, plodding, humane sort of world.

  Herman Melville

  Taken, Men, World

  Herman Melville (2016). “Pierre; or The Ambiguities”, p.332, Herman Melville

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• Experiences in order to be educative must lead out into an expanding world of subject matter, a subject matter of facts or information and of ideas. This condition is satisfied only as the educator views teaching and learning as a continuous process of reconstruction of experience.

  John Dewey

  Education, Teaching, Views

  John Dewey (1998). “Experience and Education, 60th Anniversary Edition”, p.111, Kappa Delta Pi

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• Religious doctrines would do well to withdraw their pretension to be dealing with matters of fact. That pretension is not only the source of the conflicts of religion with science and the vain and bitter controversies of sects; it is also the cause of the impurity and incoherence of religion in the soul.

  George Santayana

  Religious, Soul, Atheism

  George Santayana (1934). “Little essays drawn from the writings of George Santayana”, p.51, Рипол Классик

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• The Jews fastened their religion upon the Western world, not because it was more reasonable than the religions of their contemporaries - as a matter of fact, it was vastly less reasonable than many of them - but because it was far more poetical.

  H. L. Mencken

  Atheism, Facts, World

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.71, Vintage

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• As a matter of fact, most cases of food poisoning are never linked back to their source.

  Eric Schlosser

  Facts, Matter, Cases

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• I've got a song on every album, two songs as a matter of fact on every album without Auto-Tune, and that's the song that nobody talks about. It's weird.

  T-Pain

  Song, Two, Auto Tune

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• I don't think anyone knows why they meditate. As a matter of fact I'm not even sure that we do meditate. All we know is that we don't know.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Thinking, Facts

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• The art of wealth-getting which consists in household management, on the one hand, has a limit; the unlimited acquisition of wealth is not its business. And therefore, in one point of view, all riches must have a limit; nevertheless, as a matter of fact, we find the opposite to be the case; for all getters of wealth increase their hard coin without limit.

  Aristotle

  Education, Art, Views

  Aristotle (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Aristotle (Illustrated)”, p.2964, Delphi Classics

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• It is a pretty trick of authors to make nature ever in sympathy with man, but as a matter of fact she seldom is.

  Gertrude Atherton

  Men, Matter, Facts

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• But have you never noticed that when one has been trying to do something really good one is much nearer committing some special sin than when one keeps on in the selfish, matter-of-fact prudence of minding one's own business, and that alone?

  Geraldine Jewsbury

  Selfish, Special, Trying

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• In the theater, I've found that, in general, reaction and laughter come easier at an evening performance, when the audience is more inclined to forget its troubles. Matinee customers must enter the theatre in a more matter-of-fact frame of mind, hanging on tightly before they let themselves go.

  Beatrice Lillie

  Laughter, Mind, Theatre

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• There is no reason why anyone in this country should be lacking health care when America has the resources right now. It would not cost much more than what we are paying right now. As a matter of fact, Americans are paying for a universal standard of care. They are just not getting it because it is all about corporations making a profit. It is not about people. Support Medicare for all.

  Dennis Kucinich

  Country, America, People

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• there is not the least wit in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out.

  Jane Austen

  Together, Borders, Half

  Jane Austen (2005). “Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1”, p.219, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax

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• As a matter of fact, I personally would much rather hear Perotin than Mozart.

  Steve Reich

  Matter, Facts

  "Steve Reich In Conversation With Richard Kessler". Interview with Richard Kessler, www.newmusicbox.org. July 1, 1998.

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• A practical, matter-of-fact man is like a wagon without springs: every single pebble on the road jolts him; but a man with imagination has springs that break the jar and jolt.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Spring, Men, Imagination

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• Dawn has power to fertilise the most matter-of-fact vision.

  John Galsworthy

  Vision, Dawn, Matter

  John Galsworthy (2016). “The Forsythe Saga”, p.587, Xist Publishing

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• As a matter of fact, I am an uncle. I have nine nephews and nieces. I'm not sure if they think I'm all that quick with a quip. But I'm quick with a spank.

  Dean Norris

  Uncles, Niece, Thinking

  "Q&A – Dean Norris (Hank Schrader)". AMC Interview, www.amc.com. September 2011.

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• I had a terrible motorcycle accident (in the 1970s), in San Francisco as matter of fact. Doing a picture called... oh, this is terrible. It's a very well-known film and I can't remember the name. That's what happens when you get older... I fell off a bridge in San Francisco and was laid up for two years.

  William Lucking

  Years, Bridges, Names

  "William Lucking rode many a motorcycle in films". Interview with Peter Hartlaub, www.sfgate.com. November 9, 2008.

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• As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.

  Hans Kung

  Matter, Facts, Deficiency

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• As a matter of fact, you know, Jesus probably would be, except for one or two issues, a liberal Democrat if he were around today.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Jesus, Issues, Two

  "Bernie Goldberg Explains Why We Should Be Thanking Rich Americans". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. December 13, 2010.

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• As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

  Joe Biden

  Years, Political, Speech

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• The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown faster since I left than it was growing while I was there! It must be doing something right.

  David R. Brower

  Powerful, Clubs, Matter

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• I know how important it is to have your quarterback standing upright. Matter of fact, I know how important it is not to allow someone hit on him period because I want him to think that this pocket is completely safe, no one is going to get to me and I got all the time in the world to make whatever decisions I need to make.

  Emmitt Smith

  Thinking, Decision, Important

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• The evidence from both approaches, statistical and experimental, does not appear sufficiently significant to me to warrant forsaking the pleasure of smoking. As a matter of fact, if the investigations had been pointed toward some material that I thoroughly dislike, such as parsnips, I still would not feel that evidence of the type presented constituted a reasonable excuse for eliminating the things from my diet. I will still continue to smoke, and if the tobacco companies cease manufacturing their product, I will revert to sweet fern and grape leaves.

  Harry S.N. Greene

  Sweet, Science, Smoking

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• If you say to people that they, as a matter of fact, can't protect their conversations, in particular their political conversations, I think you take a long step toward making a transition from a free society to a totalitarian society.

  Whitfield Diffie

  Thinking, Long, People

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