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->''"Ah, yes. The trusty time paradox. If I go back in time and kill my grandfather, will I cease to exist? I believe, as Gorben and Bernt did, that any repercussions are already being felt. If I go back in time, then I will already have been back."''
-->-- '''Artemis Fowl''', ''Literature/ArtemisFowl and the Time Paradox''
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->''If I hadn't been here, the disease couldn't have been cured. If I hadn't treated the virus the way that I did, there's no reason I should be resistant to it... And it's certainly true that that man's an endless time and immeasurable distance away from home...''
-->-- '''Clan''', ''Literature/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'' by '''Creator/Takehaya'''
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-->-- '''Kain''', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain: Soul Reaver 2''

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-->-- '''Kain''', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain: Soul Reaver 2''
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-->-- '''''Series/DoctorWho''''', "Time of the Doctor"

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-->-- '''''Series/DoctorWho''''', "Time ''Series/DoctorWho'', "[[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor Time of the Doctor"
Doctor]]"



-->--'''Kain''', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain: Soul Reaver 2''

->''One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not... about changing the course of history -- the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end. The major problem is quite simply one of [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble grammar.]]''

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-->--'''Kain''', -->-- '''Kain''', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain: Soul Reaver 2''

->''One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not... about changing the course of history -- the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end. The major problem is quite simply one of [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble grammar.]]''grammar]].''



->'''Time Agent #1''': Captain, why did you take the ''Defiant'' back in time?\\

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->'''Time Agent #1''': #1:''' Captain, why did you take the ''Defiant'' back in time?\\



'''Time Agent #2''': So, you're not contending it was a predestination paradox?\\
'''Time Agent #1''': A time loop. That you were meant to go back into the past?\\
'''Sisko''': Erm, no.\\
'''Time Agent #1''': Good.\\
'''Time Agent #2''': We hate those.
-->--'''''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''''', "Trials and Tribble-ations"

->'''Founder #1''': You see, time travels cannot change history because time travels are '''part''' of history.\\
'''Founder #2''': And because we're the best, too.
-->--'''Time Brigad Founders''', ''WebVideo/LeVisiteurDuFutur''

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'''Time Agent #2''': #2:''' So, you're not contending it was a predestination paradox?\\
'''Time Agent #1''': #1:''' A time loop. That you were meant to go back into the past?\\
'''Sisko''': '''Sisko:''' Erm, no.\\
'''Time Agent #1''': #1:''' Good.\\
'''Time Agent #2''': #2:''' We hate those.
-->--'''''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''''', "Trials -->-- ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E06TrialsAndTribbleations Trials and Tribble-ations"

Tribble-ations]]"

->'''Founder #1''': #1:''' You see, time travels cannot change history because time travels are '''part''' of history.\\
'''Founder #2''': #2:''' And because we're the best, too.
-->--'''Time -->-- '''Time Brigad Founders''', ''WebVideo/LeVisiteurDuFutur''
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->'''Founder #1''': You see, time travels cannot change history because time travels are '''part''' of history.\\
'''Founder #2''': And because we're the best, too.
-->--'''Time Brigad Founders''', ''WebVideo/LeVisiteurDuFutur''

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->''"Don't do ''anything''. Except for what you [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble were always will have done]]. It's ''not'' a paradox if I was ''already'' part of the past."''
-->-- '''Robo''', ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo and the Knights of the Golden Circle''



->''Our presence here doesn't alter history. You and I meet here because we are compelled to - we have always met here. History is irredeemable. Drop a stone into a rushing river - the current simply courses around it and flows on as if the obstruction were never there. You and I are pebbles, Raziel.''
-->--'''Kain''', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain: Soul Reaver 2''

->''One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not... about changing the course of history -- the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end. The major problem is quite simply one of [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble grammar.]]''
-->-- ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'' by '''Creator/DouglasAdams'''



->''Our presence here doesn't alter history. You and I meet here because we are compelled to - we have always met here. History is irredeemable. Drop a stone into a rushing river - the current simply courses around it and flows on as if the obstruction were never there. You and I are pebbles, Raziel.''
-->--'''Kain''', ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain: Soul Reaver 2''

->''One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not... about changing the course of history -- the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end. The major problem is quite simply one of [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble grammar.]]''
-->-- ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'' by '''Creator/DouglasAdams'''
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-->--'''Kain''', ''LegacyOfKain: Soul Reaver 2''

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-->--'''Kain''', ''LegacyOfKain: ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain: Soul Reaver 2''
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-->-- ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'' by '''DouglasAdams'''

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-->-- ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'' by '''DouglasAdams''''''Creator/DouglasAdams'''
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'''Time Agent #1''':: A time loop. That you were meant to go back into the past?\\

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'''Time Agent #1''':: #1''': A time loop. That you were meant to go back into the past?\\



'''Time Agent #1''':: Good.\\

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'''Time Agent #1''':: #1''': Good.\\
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->'''Time Agent #1''': Captain, why did you take the ''Defiant'' back in time?\\
'''Sisko:''' It was an accident.\\
'''Time Agent #2''': So, you're not contending it was a predestination paradox?\\
'''Time Agent #1''':: A time loop. That you were meant to go back into the past?\\
'''Sisko''': Erm, no.\\
'''Time Agent #1''':: Good.\\
'''Time Agent #2''': We hate those.
-->--'''''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''''', "Trials and Tribble-ations"
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->''"The destiny trap: You can't change history if you're part of it."''
-->-- '''''Series/DoctorWho''''', "Time of the Doctor"
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->''One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not...about changing the course of history - the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end. The major problem is quite simply one of [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble grammar.]]''
-->--'''Douglas Adams''', ''H2G2/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse''

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->''One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not... about changing the course of history - -- the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end. The major problem is quite simply one of [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble grammar.]]''
-->--'''Douglas Adams''', ''H2G2/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse''-->-- ''Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse'' by '''DouglasAdams'''
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->''One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not...about changing the course of history - the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end. The major problem is quite simply one of [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble grammar.]]''
-->--'''Douglas Adams''', ''H2G2/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse''

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