Quotes and Tells

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Tells and quotes are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tells" instead a verb "Quotes".

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Quotes and tells are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Quotes" instead a verb "Tells".

As the Good Book Says: Billy Ben quotes Exodus when he tells the story of Samuel and Elizabeth: "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." He quotes it again later too, while almost saying the trope name.

Source: Literature / Mystery of the Witches' Bridge
On South Park, Stan quotes it to his father, claiming it's "from a little book called The Bible." Kyle then corrects him and tells him it's from Wrath of Khan.

Source: The Needs of the Many
The film implies that Jesus understands this, and it quotes from the Gospel of John where Jesus tells Judas, "Do it quickly", implying that Jesus wants Judas to betray him.

Source: Film / King of Kings

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