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-Oh yes? Can you identify yourself? -Certainly. I'd know me anywhere.

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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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Just call in at the torturer on your way out. See when he can fit you in.
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I'm glad a genre writer has got a knighthood, but stunned that it was me.
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We're philosophers. We think, therefore we am.
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The book is not completely written until someone else has read it.
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