Quotes of: History-repeats-itself Keyword

Record labels collude with some of the radio stations, and the radio stations have their play lists, dependent upon what they call the, quote, 'hits.' What's commercially viable gets recycled, endlessly repeated, and as a result of that, the progress...

Michael Eric Dyson

So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o'clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally be repeated at a more reasonable hour for a larger and more wakeful audience.

Moss Hart

An often-repeated assertion in the body of film criticism I have written is the assertion that movies do not just mirror the culture of any given time; they also create it.

bell hooks

[repeated line] Baymax: On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain?

Big Hero 6

[repeated line] Baymax: Hello, I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion.

Big Hero 6

[repeated line] Sundance Kid: You just keep thinkin', Butch. That's what you're good at.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

The Dude: [repeated line by The Dude and others] That rug really tied the room together.

The Big Lebowski

Aside from 'Hatchet II' and 'Hatchet III,' I've never repeated myself. I try to keep doing things that are totally different.

Adam Green

I will repeat this to you forever: I love you too much.

Auliq Ice

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

Benjamin Disraeli

What we see is what they're trying to sell us. It's not true nostalgic as much as it is repeating old material because it's less expensive than new material.

Rick Moranis

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.

Salvador Dali

The coach who goes home and doesn't think about the game he just lost is bound to repeat his mistakes.

Life

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.

Willa Cather

Document the moments you feel most in love with yourself - what you’re wearing, who you’re around, what you’re doing. Recreate and repeat.

Warsan Shire

Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world.

Jonathan Kellerman

When I interview somebody, I look at their resume to see what they've done, who they've worked with, and how many times. If they've gotten repeat work. Those are the kinds of actors I want to hire.

Joe Pantoliano

Who that has ever visited the borders of this classic sea, has not felt at the first sight of its waters a glow of reverent rapture akin to devotion, and an instinctive sensation of thanksgiving at being permitted to stand before these hallowed waves...

The Natural History of the European Seas

We moderns are great compartmentalizers, perhaps never more so than when hungry.

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.

The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself

History boring, Janice concurred, undaunted as usual. It’s not like the Ride of the Valkyries. It’s what comes history that isn’t boring.

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