Terry Pratchett Quotes

The only superstition I have is that I must start a new book on the same day that I finish the last one, even if it's just a few notes in a file. I dread not having work in progress.

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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When I look for a woman, I look for one that's real - that's keeping it 100. I rather someone know that they're sexy and not show it.

Jeremih

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When you're looking for a sketchbook, you've got to find the right paper for the pens you like to use. I like to draw on both sides of the page.

Jeffrey Brown

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If you continue to plow ahead in something that is OK, you will miss the opportunity to do something that is great.

Ruth Porat

OpportunityGreatYouAheadWillOK

I don't get upset over things I can't control, because if I can't control them, there's no use getting upset. And I don't get upset over things I can control, because if I can control them, what's the use in getting upset?

Mickey Rivers

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I think at a certain point actors need to start taking responsibility for the kinds of stories they want to tell.

Jason Ritter

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For me, writing is a job. I do not separate the work from the act of writing like two things that have nothing to do with each other. I arrange words one after another, or one in front of another, to tell a story, to say something that I consider important or useful, or at least important or useful to me.

Jose Saramago

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For me, fiscal realism is not a betrayal of Labour values; it is the foundation by which we win the trust of the public.

Douglas Alexander

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I'd like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce.

Corbin Bernsen

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For ideas to prevail, many of their defenders have to die in obscurity. Their anonymous influence makes itself felt.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well.

Richard Rohr

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When I was a teenager, I was like, 'Something is wrong with me. I don't fit in. I'm not like everybody else.' So, I always knew that I wanted to explore and move on, but it was completely unexpected, the way it happened.

Noomi Rapace

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I'm an old-school type of guy.

Kevin Durant

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