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Vimes's lack of interest in other people's children was limitless.
Terry Pratchett
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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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Beaconsfield
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Terence David John Terry Pratchett
Terence David John Pratchett
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Ye know full well that the meaning of life is to find your gift. To find your gift is happiness. Never tae find it is misery.
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Albert grunted. Do you know what happens to lads who ask too many questions? Mort thought for a moment. No, he said eventually, what? There was silence. Then Albert straightened up and said, Damned if I know. Probably they get answers, and serve 'em right.
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One of the hardest lessons in young Sam's life had been finding out that the people in charge weren't in charge. It had been finding out that governments were not, on the whole, staffed by people who had a grip, and that plans were what people made instead of thinking.
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Apes had it worked out. No ape would philosophize, The mountain is, and is not. They would think, The banana is. I will eat the banana. There is no banana. I want another banana.
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Peace?' said Vetinari. 'Ah, yes, defined as period of time to allow for preparation for the next war.
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There were no lies here. All fancies fled away. That's what happened in all deserts. It was just you, and what you believed.
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This is Art holding a Mirror up to Life. That’s why everything is exactly the wrong way around.
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Luck is my middle name. Mind you, my first name is Bad.
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