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Terry Pratchett

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the whole point of the wish business was to see to it that what the client got was exactly what he asked for and exactly what he didn't really want.


— Terry Pratchett


#business

There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.


— Terry Pratchett


#inspirational

Какъв е смисъла на образованието - помисли си, - щом хората ще го ползват?


— Terry Pratchett


#education

Ridcully was beginning to show certain signs. If he had been a volcano, natives living nearby would be looking for a handy virgin.


— Terry Pratchett


#preparedness #virgin #volcano #music

If you invited a hedge wizard to a party, he would spend half the evening talking to your potted plant. And he would spend the other half listening.


— Terry Pratchett


#humor #puns #equality

Sooner or later we're all someone's dog.


— Terry Pratchett


#later #someone #sooner #sooner or later

It seems that when you have cancer you are a brave battler against the disease, but when you have Alzheimer's you are an old fart. That's how people see you. It makes you feel quite alone.


— Terry Pratchett


#alone #alzheimer #brave #cancer #disease

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.


— Terry Pratchett


#always #been #blood #cleaned #genius

I believe it should be possible for someone stricken with a serious and ultimately fatal illness to choose to die peacefully with medical help, rather than suffer.


— Terry Pratchett


#choose #die #fatal #help #i

They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance.


— Terry Pratchett


#dangerous #dangerous thing #half #ignorance #knowledge






About Terry Pratchett

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Did you know about Terry Pratchett?

His family moved to Bridgwater Somerset briefly in 1957 following which he passed his eleven plus exam in 1959 earning him a place in John Hampden Grammar School. He was made an adjunct Professor in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin in 2010 with a role in postgraduate education in creative writing and popular literature. Pratchett's first novel The Carpet People was publiTerry Pratchettd in 1971 and since his first Discworld novel (The Colour of Magic) was publiTerry Pratchettd in 1983 he has written two books a year on average.

His latest Discworld book Snuff was at the time of its release the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-audience novel since records began in the United Kingdom selling 55000 copies in the first three days. Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett OBE (born 28 April 1948) is an English author of fantasy novels especially comical works. In December 2007 Pratchett announced that he was suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's disease.

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