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Deja Quotes

That strange, familiar feeling called deja vu

This page collects quotes about deja vu, from an athlete who mentally rehearses plays before they happen to someone recognizing a moment from an earlier dream.

I always play every game in my mind before it begins. A lot of times in a game, a play will happen, and it will feel like deja vu, like I've seen the play happen before in my mind.

Quotes by Troy Aikman

Every little job becomes a dream, and you don't recall it anymore, and maybe you might have a deja vu moment, but it's like something you dreamed earlier.

Quotes by Terrence Howard

We are living in a computer-programmed reality, and the only clue we have to it is when some variable is changed, and some alteration in reality occurs. We have the overwhelming impression that we were reliving the present - deja...

Quotes by Philip K. Dick

I was talking on the phone in my trailer, and I looked in the mirror and I saw the badge clipped to my belt, a gun with a holster, and the suit and the tie with the jacket off, and...

Quotes by Michael Trucco

American Quotes

There's an uncanniness to living in Los Angeles, from the way you move through the city to the moments of feeling familiarity or deja vu, like you've been somewhere or you know something when you really don't.

Quotes by Martine Syms

Mickey is one of the prime examples: Mickey has never been suspected of being an American export. It was deja vu. They gave him a local name and he's been accepted everywhere he goes.

Quotes by John Hench

And you know what - and I don't mean this in tongue in cheek way - but it's like deja vu. When I walked in to WCW they were producing wrestling on a little teeny sound stage at Disney, okay?...

Quotes by Hulk Hogan

When I first walked into 54 Below, I had this kind of deja vu experience and tried to imagine what this was like back in the day when I would come here at night after doing 'A Chorus Line.'

Quotes by Donna McKechnie

I made the track 'Si Tu Novio Te Deja Sola' before I met Balvin.

Quotes by Bad Bunny

Frequently Asked Questions

What situations trigger deja vu in these quotes?
The quotes describe deja vu during sports plays, everyday jobs, personal reflection, and even fictional characters given new names.
Is there a quote about visualizing plays before a game?
Yes, one quote describes mentally rehearsing every game beforehand, sometimes feeling deja vu when a play unfolds as imagined.
Does a quote connect deja vu to dreams?
Yes, one quote suggests a deja vu moment can feel like something dreamed earlier and then forgotten.
Is there a personal scene described as deja vu?
Yes, one quote recalls noticing a badge, gun, and suit in a mirror, describing the whole moment as deja vu.
Does a quote apply deja vu to a well-known character?
Yes, one quote uses deja vu to describe a familiar character reappearing under a different local name. See Before Quotes for related sayings.

Another quote applies deja vu to a beloved character given a new name in a new place, yet still somehow familiar wherever they turn up.