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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Terry Pratchett
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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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Oh, there's plenty of reasons. I just don't know which one.
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Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.
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In the end the problem isn't that you have the wrong sort of government for the People, but that you have the wrong sort of People.
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Oh, where are my manners? Do sit down. Pull up a small child.
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It’s quite easy to accidentally overhear people talking downstairs if you hold an upturned glass to the floorboards and accidentally put your ear to it.
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One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.
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Raise the stakes! Always push your luck because no one else would push it for you.
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