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A true beanie should have a propellor on the top.
Terry Pratchett
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Terry Pratchett
Age: 66 †
Born: 1948
Born: April 28
Died: 2015
Died: March 12
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But the helmet had gold decoration, and the bespoke armorers had made a new gleaming breastplate with useless gold ornamentation on it. Sam Vimes felt like a class traitor every time he wore it. He hated being thought of as one of those people that wore stupid ornamental armor. It was gilt by association.
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The enemy isn’t men, or women, it’s bloody stupid people and no-one has the right to be stupid.
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For an author, the nice characters aren't much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing is the right thing, characters that are not only screwed up but are self-tapping screws. They're doing it for themselves.
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One day I'll work out what it is you are saying, my lad, and then you'll be in trouble.
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Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.
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Now he knew: They were real. Who’d make up a thing like this? Okay, one of them was a cheese that rolled around of its own accord, but nobody was perfect.
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I reckon responsible behavior is something to get when you grow older. Like varicose veins.
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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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Stand before your god, bow before your king, kneel before your man.
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It was long after midnight and the stars looked damp and chilly the air was full of the busy silence of the night, which is created by hundreds of small furry things treading very carefully in the hope of finding dinner while avoiding being the main course.
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Were you proposing to shoot these people in cold blood, sergeant? Nossir. Just a warning shot inna head, sir.
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Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended.
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I'd like to walk on the moon (and return).
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I know it's a very human thing to say 'Is there anything I can do', but in this case I would only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry.
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There was no safety. There was no pride. All there was, was money. Everything became money, and money became everything. Money treated us as if we were things, and we died.
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When all else failed, she tried being reasonable.
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All he knew was that you couldn't hope to try for the big stuff, like world peace and happiness, but you might just about be able to achieve some tiny deed that'd make the world, in a small way, a better place. Like shooting someone.
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Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is.
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It's hard to explain, said Brutha. But I think it's got something to do with how people should behave... you should do things because they're right. Not because gods say so. They might say something different another time.
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First Sight means you can see what really is there, and Second Thoughts mean thinking about what you are thinking. And in Tiffany's case, there were sometimes Third Thoughts and Fourth Thoughts although these...sometimes led her to walk into doors.
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