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• History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats.

  Elvis Costello

  Future, Defeat, Premonition

  Song: Beyond Belief, Album: Imperial Bedroom, 1982

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• We must not let history repeat itself in Iraq. The reality is there is no military solution in Iraq. This is a sectarian war with long standing roots that were flamed when we invaded Iraq in 2003. Any lasting solution must be political and take into account respect for the entire Iraqi population.

  Barbara Lee

  Military, War, Reality

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• History repeats itself and that's just how it goes.

  J. Cole

  History Repeats Itself, Repeats

  Song: Fire Squad, Album: 2014 Forest Hills Drive, 2014

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• The Penobscot took an initial poll of people in the state to determine if there was support for opening a casino, and the poll came back very favorable. As we moved forward, a commercial was aired that said if the tribe opened a casino the law would allow kids to gamble and had an image of a kid pulling a slot machine. Here it was our idea and we got massacred, and someone else ended up with what we wanted; it's sort of like history repeating itself.

  Donna M. Loring

  Kids, Playing Games, Law

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• A revival almost always begins among the laity. The ecclesiastical leaders seldom welcome reformation. History repeats itself. The present leaders are too comfortably situated as a rule to desire innovation that might require sacrifice on their part. And God's fire only falls on sacrifice. An empty altar receives no fire!

  Frank Bartleman

  God, Christian, Fall

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• History repeats, but science reverberates.

  Siddhartha Mukherjee

  Repeats

  Siddhartha Mukherjee (2011). “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer”, p.466, Simon and Schuster

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• So I left him there alone to watch history repeat the same events retold again and again on his own.

  Sarah Dessen

  Events, Watches, Again And Again

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.132, Penguin

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• "History repeats itself" and "History never repeats itself" are about equally true ... We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy.

  G. M. Trevelyan

  Past, Events, Analogies

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• History repeats herself.

  Jennifer Stone

  History, Repeats

  Jennifer Stone (1992). “Telegraph Avenue then”, Regent Pr

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• All I know is that history repeats itself and people are going to want to experience the world. But I know then they are going to have a better appreciation for what is here in Maine.

  John Baldacci

  Appreciation, People, World

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• I know something about that war, and I never want to see that history repeated. But, my fellow Americans, it certainly can be repeated if the peace-loving democratic nations again fearfully practice a policy of standing idly by while big aggressors use armed force to conquer the small and weak.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  War, Practice, Use

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• The saying goes that history repeats itself; personal histories do the same. We can gather the lessons of others' lives through observation, conversation, and by seeking advice. We can use the automatic system to find out who the happy people are, and the reflective system to evaluate how they got to be that way. Pursuing happiness need not be a lonely endeavor. In fact, throwing in our lot with others may be a very good way of coping with the disappointments of choice.

  Sheena Iyengar

  Lonely, Disappointment, People

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• Art, when destroyed can never be replaced, yet history repeats itself.

  Clarence H. Burns

  Art, History Repeats Itself, Destroyed

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• History repeats itself only in that, from afar, we all seem to lead exactly the same life. We are all born; we all spend time here on earth; we all die. But up close, we have each walked down our own separate paths. We have stood at our own lonely crossroads. We have touched the lives of others at crucial points, for better or for worse. In the end, each of us has lived a unique life story, astounding and complicated, a story that could never be repeated.

  Edward Bloor

  Lonely, Unique, Earth

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• I put the truth out there, I put the historical facts into Hip Hop to show us how much history repeats itself and that if we truly want to evolve as a human race, we need to stop sticking each other in ridiculous categories.

  Immortal Technique

  Race, Hip Hop, Historical

  "The Transcendence of Hip Hop - An Interview with Immortal Technique". Interview with Chris Grosso, theindiespiritualist.com. February 20, 2014.

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• We're vulnerable to repeating history, especially if we don't know what's driving us. For example, it may be a family tradition to marry someone with addiction problems, or who is an injured bird in need of caretaking. Or, you may be drawn to guys who remind you of your distant, unavailable father -- or your ill-tempered mother -- with the unconscious belief that you can take an old story, and through the power of your love, give it a new, happy ending.

  Harriet Lerner

  Mother, Father, Giving

  "The Top 10 Reasons Women Re-Marry The Wrong Guys" by Harriet Lerner, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 7, 2012.

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• Those who stand for different causes during different generations often experience the same oppositions and the same difficulties as those of the previous and the next generations. That is the basis of history repeating itself.

  Criss Jami

  Different, Generations, Next

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.55, Criss Jami

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• History repeats itself again, I guess. The rate of innovation is so high in our industry that if you don't innovate at that speed you can be replaced pretty quickly. The user interface on the iPhone, with all due respect for what this invention was all about, is now five years old.

  Thorsten Heins

  Iphone, Years, Innovation

  "BlackBerry CEO calls Apple's iPhone user interface outdated" by Katie Marsal, appleinsider.com. March 18, 2013.

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• It was interesting looking back at the '80s and trying to find newspaper headlines from the time - the cliché of history repeating itself.

  Brian K. Vaughan

  Interesting, Trying, History Repeats Itself

  "Paper Girls: Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang talk Volume 2". Interview With Nivea Serrao, ew.com. November 29, 2016.

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• History repeats itself and History never repeats itself are about equally true.

  G. M. Trevelyan

  History Repeats Itself, Repeats

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