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Ninety percent of most magic merely consists of knowing one extra fact.
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, well...up until now it had been a good day, in a horrible kind of way.
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As large as worlds. As old as Time. As patient as a brick.
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Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through.
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It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, Well, isn't this nice.
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