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"Often on the highway, weary and wary, we spurn the unknown and cheerfully drive on for the promise of a Howard Johnsons and its familiar déjà vu."
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Déjà vu"When some French were assembling an encyclopedia of paranormal experiences, they decided to leave déjà vu out, because it was so common it could not be considered paranormal."
Déjà vu is the phenomenon of feeling like one has lived through the present situation in the past. It is an illusion of memory whereby—despite a strong sense of recollection—the time, place, and context of the "previous" experience are uncertain or impossible. Approximately two-thirds of surveyed populations report experiencing déjà vu at least one time in their lives. The phenomenon manifests occ
"Often on the highway, weary and wary, we spurn the unknown and cheerfully drive on for the promise of a Howard Johnsons and its familiar déjà vu."
"Good evening. Tonight on Its the Mind, we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu. That strange feeling we sometimes get that weve lived through something before. That what is happening now has already happened tonight on Its the Mind, we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu. That strange feeling we sometimes get that weve lived— (pause for realization) Anyway, tonight on Its the Mind, we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu. That strange..."
"We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories … but American-style nostalgia is about as ephemeral as copyrighted déjà vu."
"Boyd Rice: Speaking of numerology, I came here on Friday the 13th, the hotel is at 777 St. Clair, my room is 1111 and the address of your hotel is 1111. Marilyn Manson: I havent finished my theory on it, but I feel we will develop the ability to send ourselves messages from the future. Thats what I think deja vu is. Psychologists have a name for a disorder called "the delusional self" and thats when you think everythings related for a reason, but I think that its a higher form of awareness."
"We have all some experience of a feeling, that comes over us occasionally, of what we are saying and doing having been said and done before, in a remote time — of our having been surrounded, dim ages ago, by the same faces, objects, and circumstances — of our knowing perfectly what will be said next, as if we suddenly remembered it!"
"Madness is the déjà-vu of death."