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Epistrophe
(eh-PISS-truh-FEE):
Figure of repetition that occurs when the
last word or set of words in
one sentence, clause, or phrase is repeated one or more times at the end
of
successive sentences, clauses, or phrases. Note: Also "Antistrophe" |
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"...and that government
of the people, by the people, for the
people shall not perish from the earth."
- Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (here delivered by Jeff Daniels) |
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"I said you're afraid to bleed. [As] long as the white man sent you to Korea, you bled. He sent you to Germany, you bled. He sent you to the South Pacific to fight the Japanese, you bled. You bleed for white people. But when it comes time to seeing your own churches being bombed and little black girls be[ing] murdered, you haven't got no blood." -- Malcolm X, Message to the Grassroots |
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"The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divides [sic] us has come." -- Nelson Mandela, Inaugural Address |
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"Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." -- delivered by George C. Scott (from the movie Patton) |
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"Booze sold to a preacher or a high school girl has the same effect as when it's sold to an automobile thief, or a horse thief." -- Billy Sunday, Booze |
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"You have the luxury of not knowing what I know -- that Santiago's death, while tragic, probably saved lives, and my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives." -- Jack Nicholson (from the movie A Few Good Men) |
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"The minister who has been called by God, ordained by God, appointed by God, and anointed by God, is assumed guilty until proven innocent." -- Ravi Zacharias |
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"Caesar has his province:
there are laws which govern property, maritime law, fiscal
law, theological law -- which determines the
lengths of robes and so forth."
-- Timothy Leary, LSD: Methods of Control |
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