"Location, location, location": a proverb?

[Charles Doyle]

As they say, "There's no such thing as a good war or a bad piece"!

--Charlie
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>Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 10:30:55 -0700
>From: "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>
>Subject: Re: "Location, location, location": a proverb?
>
>the repetitions in question are:
>
>   All you need is love, love, love.
>
>   All we are saying is give piece a chance.
>   All we are saying is give piece a chance.
>
>(three times in the first, twice in the second)
>
>i see these as merely emphatic repetitions, found all over the place in songs of many different kinds ("Money, money, money"; "Oh my darling, oh my darling, oh my darling Clementine"; etc.).
>
>arnold

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