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quotations

noun as in repetition of something spoken or written by someone

noun as in citation

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By the 4th century BCE, Athenian orators even quoted lines from the tragedians in court, knowing that jurors “liked quotations from tragedy,” in one scholar’s words.

From Salon

Those who fail to learn from history, as Salon contributor Mike Lofgren said to me recently, are doomed to repeat famous quotations.

From Salon

Present: Grief from murdering her “best friend” aside — quotations used because Natalie barely tolerated her most of the time — Misty’s good!

From Salon

RedNote's Chinese name, Xiaohongshu, translates to Little Red Book, but the app says it is not a reference to Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong's book of quotations with the same name.

From BBC

He refers to them often in conversation: bits of poetry, quotations, scenes from films.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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