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There isn't a way things should be. There's just what happens, and what we do.
Terry Pratchett
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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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I don’t think it's weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me.
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A lot hinges on the fact that, in most circumstances, people are not allowed to hit you with a mallet. They put up all kinds of visible and invisible signs that say, 'Do not do this' in the hope that it'll work, but if it doesn't, then they shrug, because there is, really, no real mallet at all.
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You know how to pray, don’t you? Just put your hands together and hope.
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For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They're doing it for themselves.
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Strength enough to build a home, Time enough to hold a child, Love enough to break a heart
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It takes forty men with their feet on the ground to keep one man with his head in the air.
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Or -- and this she knew was a far more accurate way of looking at it -- the book was true and reality was lying.
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Out of Print is bookseller speak for We can't be hedgehogged.
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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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It was the heart of any scam or fiddle -- keep the punter uncertain, or, if he is certain, make him certain of the wrong thing.
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A good banana daiquiri is hard to come by. I've only ever found one place in this country that makes a proper one, and that's in Leeds.
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What's a philosopher?' said Brutha. Someone who's bright enough to find a job with no heavy lifting,' said a voice in his head.
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Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Don't do anything I wouldn't do, if you ever find anything I wouldn't do.
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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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A Duke couldn't have the arse hanging out of his trousers when meeting foreign diplomats. Actually even plain old Sam Vimes never had the arse hanging out of his trousers, either, but no one would have actually started a war if he had.
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It's never a good idea to ask a man on a tight-rope how he keeps his balance: a) he would probably fall off and b) he probably doesn't know what the muscles are called in any case.
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You can't second-guess ineffability, I always say.
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