Quotes About Repetition

T]he question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don't we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.

I mean, the question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don't we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.

Also, while you go out into the world unconsciously seeking that long-desired security, without extensive experience with what you seek, you often repeat the same old mistakes, choosing again and again the same familiar sort of person who makes you feel insecure.

repeating helps people get over sorrow. Otherwise the words build up in you, a lamentation, and you can't stop grieving.

You are a dog. You are a dog," she repeated.

A nova carne viva repetia a velha por brincadeira, éramos uma cadeia de sombras sempre encenada com a mesma carga de amor, de ódio, de vontades e de violência.

La nuova carne viva ripeteva la vecchia per gioco, eravamo una catena di ombre che andava da sempre in scena con la stessa carica di amore, di odio, di voglie e di violenza.

I have no sounds that could serve to soothe me, no violoncello like him, no lament that anyone would recognize as a lament because it sounds subdued, in an inexpressibly tender language. I have only these lines on the yellowish paper and words that are never new, for they keep saying the same thing through an entire life.

You become what you do most of the time.

Every war is different. Every war is the same.

Epictetus has this to say about the role of habits: 'Generally then, if you want to make something a habit, practise it; and if you do not want to make it a habit, do not do it, but get in the habit of doing something else. It is the same in relation to things of the mind.

Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined eternally to reenact their escape.

The fallacy that passes for truth by the mere frequency of its repetition is a particular peril for lawyers working in the common-law system. Like all men and women, we are comfortable with familiar formulations, and in addition are trained to follow what has been said before. It is sometimes worth pausing to consider whether it has been said aright.

Pregunté a la tarde de abril que moría: ¿Al fin la alegría se acerca a mi casa? La tarde de abril sonrió: La alegría pasó por tu puerta —y luego, sombría: Pasó por tu puerta. Dos veces no pasa.

Most people don't really feel so obviously can't think on their feet, they just repeat the biased news injected by media discreetly in their minds and foolishly claim that it is their own opinion and views.

The two most irritating words in the English language are 'YOU KNOW' because if the people know something, then why a person says the same thing often to them.

Blessed is he who speaks a kindness thrice blessed is he who repeats it.

He had become a character in a play, same story, over and over.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act by a habit.

The future is the past returning through another gate.

The more you do it, the more automatic it becomes, and the less effort it takes.

I love hearing the same songs over and over again - as long as queens challenge themselves to come up with new ways of performing them.

I mean, the question actors most often get asked is how they can bear saying the same things over and over again, night after night, but God knows the answer to that is, don't we all anyway; might as well get paid for it.

If somebody asks you the same questions 25 times, maybe 2,500 times, do you still want to talk about the same thing?