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title: "8 Twice Coincidence Quotes by 7 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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> [“Repeat a mistake once, it's a lesson. Twice, it's a coincidence. Thrice, it's a subscription to a comedy show called "Oops, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monika-ajay-kaul/repeat-a-mistake-once-it-s-a-lesson-twice-it-s-a-coincidence-thrice/)

[Monika Ajay Kaul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monika-ajay-kaul/)

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> [“Once is a stranger; twice is a coincidence; three times is a tail.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-carter/once-is-a-stranger-twice-is-a-coincidence-three-times-is-a-tail/)

[Ally Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-carter/)

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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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> [“Something that happens once is nothing. Something that repeats itself, or happens twice, is a coincidence. Something that happens three times, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-bode/something-that-happens-once-is-nothing-something-that-repeats-itself/)

[Maya Bode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-bode/)

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> [If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-hopper/if-you-do-something-once-people-will-call-it-an-accident-if-you-do-it/)

[Grace Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-hopper/)

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