Terry Pratchett Quotes

There is a soak-the-rich attitude in the air, a feeling that if you have a lot of money you must have got it by some ghastly means. I can quite happily say there was never any family money. All the money we got was mine, just from writing books.

Terry Pratchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 28, 1948 - March 12, 2015

Topics

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Conflict with the United States is one of the overwhelming facts of Latin American history.

Stephen Kinzer

HistoryConflictFactsAmerican

In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour.

Stefan Zweig

LifeHistoryMomentRegretBack

When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it.

Tracy Chapman

GoodYourselfFeelYouBadGo

For me, making the show work was getting belly laughs - like most variety artists. But the straight actor believes you fix your performance in rehearsal and that's it.

Ron Moody

WorkMePerformanceYouActorFix

I think that's what makes my music different from other artists in my lane is that I write every word that's on my album, and every word comes from a real experience or a real feeling that I've either experienced or felt. And I'm very particular about that, and I take a lot of pride in it, so you know if I say something on a song, I mean it.

Mike Posner

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Halcyon people have put aside and left their homes, their million dollar salaries, full professorships at major universities, and fully seed-funded startup companies to be part of this effort.

Luke Nosek

EffortPeopleDollarLeftMillion

Anytime you get men in glitter, it's a flamboyant occasion!

Johnny Weir

MenGlitterYouGetAnytime

I still assume that, any day, I'm going to be exposed as a fraud. That, like I once heard Gene Hackman say, the acting police are going to burst in and take away my card.

Chris Pine

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I don't just write letters. I write laws.

Chris Smith

LettersWriteLawsJustI Write

Two new workers are being added to the population for every one job that is created.

Bob Beauprez

JobNewTwoWorkersPopulation

In the ultimate analysis, all of us would have served Pakistan better if history and our future generations judge us positively.

Ashfaq Parvez Kayani

FutureHistoryBetterJudgeAnalysis

Women often have a fraught relationship with their mothers, even though that's the most important relationship in their lives.

Alice Lowe

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