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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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It seems sensible to me that we should look to the medical profession, that over the centuries has helped us to live longer and healthier lives, to help us die peacefully among our loved ones in our own home without a long stay in God's waiting room.
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I've got wide tastes, but I don't like jazz.
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In order to have a change of fortune at the last minute, you have to take your fortune to the last minute.
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And sin, young man, is when you treat people like things.
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When much is taken, something is returned.
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Knowing that you are going to die is, I suspect, the beginning of wisdom.
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Ultimately, there is the freedom to take the consequences.
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Are you a philosopher? Where's your sponge?
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Sergeant Colon of the Ankh-Morpork City Guard was on duty. He was guarding the Brass Bridge, the main link between Ankh and Morpork. From theft. When it came to crime prevention, Sergeant Colon found it safest to think big.
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Nanny Ogg never did any housework herself, but she was the cause of housework in other people.
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The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it.
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Vampires have risen from the dead, the grave, and the crypt, but have never managed it from the cat.
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In the world I live in, 'not worse' is nearly as good as 'better'.
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Cake is not the issue here.
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Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.
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There will be justice, said Brutha. If there is no justice, there is nothing.
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Oh, there's plenty of reasons. I just don't know which one.
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only to people!' shouted Rincewind. He drew his sword and, with a smooth overarm throw, completely failed to hit the troll.
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Sometimes you can think that 'I've had enough of wizards!' And sometimes fantasy is not just about wizards.
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It was so loud and so deep, it wasn't really sound at all, just something that turned the air hard and then hit you with it.
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