Terry Pratchett Quotes

Evolution was far more thrilling to me than the biblical account. Who would not rather be a rising ape than a falling angel? To my juvenile eyes, Darwin was proved true every day. It doesn't take much to make us flip back into monkeys again.

Terry Pratchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I grew up a skinny Asian kid who was often ignored or picked on. It stuck with me and branded my soul. As I grew up, I tried to stick up for whoever seemed excluded or marginalized.

Andrew Yang

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Good design to me is both appearance and functionality together. It's the experience that makes it good design.

Michael Graves

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I have sleepless nights before press days.

Amanda Burton

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Pierce Brosnan is a very sweet man. Oh, we had our issues, but a lot of it was hormones.

Stephanie Zimbalist

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When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.

Mike Figgis

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If another actor gets a good role, I'm furious.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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It's easy to quit. It's easy to not get something that you want and just say, 'Well, that didn't work out,' and move on to the next thing.

CM Punk

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I work from a deep sense of insecurity. I have the belief, and I can't shake it, that there are endless reasons to turn the channel. There are hundreds of channels and entirely other things to do besides TV. And if you make a bad television show there's no reason for the audience to come back the following week.

Chuck Lorre

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I've been playing squash almost daily for 38 years.

Arlen Specter

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We have been working towards providing a clean environment to the people of India, and we are doing it out of our own conviction.

Piyush Goyal

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I hate 'Mafia Wars'.

Nolan Bushnell

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The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Leo Tolstoy

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