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title: "4 Happenstance Twice Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action'.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/mr-bond-they-have-a-saying-in-chicago-once-is-happenstance-twice-is/)

[Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/)

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> [“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. -Ian Fleming”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swapna-rajput/once-is-happenstance-twice-is-coincidence-three-times-is-enemy-action/)

[Swapna Rajput](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swapna-rajput/)

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> [Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-fleming/once-is-happenstance-twice-is-coincidence-three-times-is-enemy-action-2/)

[Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-fleming/)

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> [“What did Ian Fleming say? Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action. And I don’t believe in waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-eisler/what-did-ian-fleming-say-once-is-happenstance-twice-is-coincidence/)

[Barry Eisler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-eisler/)

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