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Political literature1 quote
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist. — Hannah Arendt · 1951Travel writing1 quote
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t. — Mark Twain · 1897War1 quote
Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing. — Col. Hans Landa · 2009War (film)1 quote
Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing. — Col. Hans Landa · 2009Western1 quote
This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. — Maxwell Scott · 1962Western (film)1 quote
This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. — Maxwell Scott · 1962