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Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter (or works of Quine):
"is false when preceded by its quotation" is false when preceded by its quotation.
Hmm, the whole statement is ' "is false when preceded by its quotation" is false when preceded by its quotation.', and it is not preceded by its quotation.
"Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation" yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.