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• So that the monotonous fall of the waves on the beach, which for the most part beat a measured and soothing tattoo to her thoughts seemed consolingly to repeat over and over again.

  Virginia Woolf

  Tattoo, Beach, Ocean

  Virginia Woolf (2016). “To the Lighthouse”, p.15, Virginia Woolf

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• Alex touches her arm. "You look nice." "Nice?" she repeats. "Try harder, Alex." He flushes adorably. "Really nice," he says. "Next time, try this," Harry says. He reaches for my hand. "Franny, I didn't know what beauty was until I saw you walking toward us a minute ago. "I like this better," I say, pulling away. "At least he sounded like he meant it." "I meant it," Harry says, almost irritably.

  Claire LaZebnik

  Nice, Hands, Trying

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• As we age, we become our parents; live long enough and we see faces repeat in time.

  Neil Gaiman

  Long, Parent, Age

  Neil Gaiman (2013). “The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel”, p.10, Harper Collins

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• All life's battles teach us something, even those we lose. When you grow up, you'll discover that you have defended lies, deceived yourself, or suffered foolishness. If you're a good warrior you will not blame yourself for this, but neither will you allow your mistakes to repeat themselves.

  Paulo Coelho

  Growing Up, Mistake, Lying

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Jun 30, 2014

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• It’s funny, but I was just thinking I wouldn’t mind a repeat of that boring evening when we elapsed to 1953,” said Gideon. “Just you and me and Cousin Sofa.

  Kerstin Gier

  Cousin, Thinking, Mind

  Kerstin Gier (2014). “The Ruby Red Trilogy”, p.551, Macmillan

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• To look at life without words is not to lose the ability to form words- to think, remember, and plan. To be silent is not to lose your tongue. On the contrary, it is only through silence that one can discover something new to talk about. One who talked incessantly, without stopping to look and listen, would repeat himself ad nauseam. It is the same with thinking, which is really silent talking. It is not, by itself, open to the discovery of anything new, for its only novelties are simply arrangements of old words and ideas.

  Alan Watts

  Thinking, Discovery, Talking

  Alan Watts (1951). “The Wisdom of Insecurity”, Vintage

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• Could it be that simple? Tell one story to one generation and repeat it until it was accepted as fact?

  Kiera Cass

  Simple, Generations, Stories

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• Wave to the nice tourists, Sparkle. I promise it won't cause pestilence and firestorms." Elena bit the inside of her cheek at Aodhan's glare-she'd never seen anyone crack his reserved shell. "Sparkle and Bluebell, nice." "Never," Aodhan said, hands stubbornly on the girder, "ever repeat that. Illium seems to have forgotten I promised to separate his tongue from his mouth should he utter it again in this immortal lifetime.

  Nalini Singh

  Nice, Hands, Promise

  Nalini Singh (2013). “Archangel's Legion”, p.116, Penguin

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• One comes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whether the statement be true of false. It comes to be the dominating thought in one's mind.

  Vince Lombardi

  Positive, Believe, Mind

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• Never repeat old grievances.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Forgiveness, Grievance

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• Man is a history-making creature, who can neither repeat his past, nor leave it behind.

  W. H. Auden

  Past, Men, History

  Dyer's Hand (1963) "D. H. Lawrence"

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• History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another.

  Max Beerbohm

  History, Doe, Historian

  "The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm".

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• The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

  Mark Twain

  Past, History, Doe

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• History never repeats itself; at best it sometimes rhymes.

  Mark Twain

  History, Sometimes, Rhyme

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• Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history.

  Frank Herbert

  Teaching, Past, History

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.10, Penguin

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• If there is anything I would like to be remembered for it is that
  I helped people understand that leadership is helping other people grow and succeed.
  To repeat myself, leadership is not just about you. It's about them

  Jack Welch

  Leadership, Helping Others, People

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• Of course, Mr. Hannity was outraged that any American would not cross her hand over her heart and repeat the hypocritical words, one nation. Whenever we come up on the Fourth of You Lie, I think of Frederick Douglas and his masterful oration, The meaning of the Fourth of July to the Negro. Pledge the flag? I think not!

  Julianne Malveaux

  Lying, Heart, Thinking

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• I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Hands, Religion, Atheism

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• The truth is, success often occurs for reasons we don't expect, under circumstances over which we have little control and sometimes unrelated to our own efforts. There is only one other lesson that success should teach us: Be as amazed by your own success as your friends are. If you truly are, you stand the best chance to repeat it.

  Harvey Mackay

  Success, Effort, Littles

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• All the pathos and irony of leaving one's youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveller learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.

  Paul Fussell

  Wise, Travel, Joy

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• Repeat business or behavior can be bribed. Loyalty has to be earned.

  Janet L. Robinson

  Loyalty, Business, Educational

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• If all people are unique, and if they are constantly changing each and every day, then all one can say about any social research finding is that it applied to that group of people on that given day, and given the propensity of humans to be different and to change, then it is unlikely that one would get the same results if one were to repeat the study.

  Wayne Dyer

  Change, Unique, People

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• Knowledge passes from dance teacher into the student through the process of mane, which is often translated as imitation, but learning to dance is more a process of total identification than of simple copying. We repeat the movements of our teachers until we can duplicate them exactly, until, in a sense, we have absorbed the teacher's mastery into ourselves. Artistic technique must be fully integrated into the cells of our bodies if we are to use it to express what is in our hearts, and this takes many years of practice.

  Mineko Iwasaki

  Dance, Teacher, Heart

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• The thing is doing it, that's what it's all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It's a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself. I don't feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there's something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go. Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.

  Al Pacino

  Risk, Acting, Who Cares

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• You like it under the trees in autumn, because everything is half dead. The wind moves like a cripple among the leaves and repeats words without menaing.

  Wallace Stevens

  Moving, Fall, Autumn

  Wallace Stevens (2011). “The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens”, p.288, Vintage

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