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Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through.
Terry Pratchett
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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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Granny sighed. You have learned something, she said, and thought it safe to insert a touch of sternness into her voice. They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it is not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.
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Bill Door was impressed. Miss Flitworth could actually give the word revenue, which had two vowels and one diphthong, all the peremptoriness of the word scum.
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Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.
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The trouble with life was that you didn’t get a chance to practice before doing it for real.
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I would like you to teach [the orcs] civilised behaviour, said Ladyship coldly. He appeared to consider this. Yes of course, I think that would be quite possible, he said. And who would you send to teach the humans?
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You never knew about people, like you never knew how deep a pond was because all you saw was the top.
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You have reached the end of cake
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Rings try to find their way back to their owner. Someone ought to write a book about it.
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I do not in fact use many puns. Certainly there are far fewer than people believe. But I suspect the ones I do occasionally use tend to hang around in people's memories for a while.
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A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.
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It was raining in the small, mountainous country of Llamedos. It was always raining in Llamedos. Rain was the country's main export. It had rain mines.
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Oh, well...up until now it had been a good day, in a horrible kind of way.
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Belief was never mentioned at home, but right actions were taught by daily example.
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I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant, said Blouse. Right you are, sir! said the sergeant. Carborundum! First man comes through that door runnin', I want him nailed to the wall! He caught the lieutenant's eye, and added: But not too hard!
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I can't be talking to a tree. If I was talking to a tree I'd be mad, and I'm not mad, so trees can't talk.
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Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of our lives.
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If you don't turn your life into a story, you just become a part of someone else's story.
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You were the kind of kid who couldn't see the difference between throwing rocks at a cat and setting it on fire.
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(About sweeping).... What he was in FACT doing was moving the dirt around with a broom, to give it a change of scenery and a chance to make new friends.
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