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title: "4 Continuing Thing Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, you're going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hammill/the-passage-of-time-is-a-continuing-thing-at-18-you-re-going-to-live/)

[Peter Hammill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hammill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c80/peter-hammill-26262_continuing_the-passage-of-time-is-a-continuing-thin_1233012.png)

> [The music is a continuing thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-donwood/the-music-is-a-continuing-thing/)

[Stanley Donwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-donwood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a09/stanley-donwood-31043_continuing_the-music-is-a-continuing-thing-2455445_2455445.jpg)

> [I was talking to Australian press earlier, and they said: we never stopped playing you. I tended to forget about that. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-collins/i-was-talking-to-australian-press-earlier-and-they-said-we-never/)

[Phil Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-collins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/phil-collins-3028_australian_i-was-talking-to-australian-press-earlie_2583770.jpg)

> [One cannot advance as a compassionate human being by continuing to do the same thing, living the same way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-gardot/one-cannot-advance-as-a-compassionate-human-being-by-continuing-to-do/)

[Melody Gardot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-gardot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/melody-gardot-4469_being_one-cannot-advance-as-a-compassionate-hu_3212592.jpg)

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