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Terry Pratchett Quotes

There can be no better grounding for a lifetime as an author than to see humanity in all its various guises through the lens of the reporter for the town.

Terry Pratchett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Better Humanity Lens See Through

It occurred to me that cats were being held back a little bit. I thought, 'I'll give the cat human thoughts and feelings but not be apologetic for it. That would be very catlike.'

Jim Davis

Cats Me Thoughts Thought Feelings

If you've lost your spirit, even living in the richest country in the world can't help you become rich.

Robert Kiyosaki

World Rich Help You Country Living

You can put anything into words, except your own life.

Max Frisch

Life Words You Anything Own Your

I moved to Harvard in 1998, and in 2000 the first kidney exchange in the United States was done at a hospital nearby. I started to think, 'Gee, there might be a way where I could help organize it, make it easier for people to find kidneys.'

Alvin E. Roth

People Think Help Find Done Way

I wanted to make a point of basing myself at home, being close to my family. I'll never be able to repay Mum and Dad for what they did, but at least they know they'll never have to work another day. I'll do whatever it takes to look after them.

Rory McIlroy

Work Family Home Myself Day Look

Now if you look at the London 'Times,' you'll find that with quite a number of the photographs, you touch them, and they turn into videos. I think newspapers come alive that way. We talk about 'papers.' We should cut out the word 'paper,' you know? It's 'news organizations.'

Rupert Murdoch

Think You Look Find Alive Know

A Tribe Called Quest music was so inclusive, so conscious, it brought such a community together.

Michael Rapaport

Music Community Together Tribe Quest

There's a moment where Jobs says that one day you will wake up and realize that the world was created by people no smarter than you. I want people to believe that; we're so often bound by obstructions and judges.

Joshua Michael Stern

Moment Day People World Wake Up You

We need everybody to contribute as one and do what we've got to do to win. Football is not an individual game. In basketball, LeBron James can take over a game by himself.

Jason Pierre-Paul

Football Basketball Win Game Need

The American birthright belongs, potentially, to everyone. This is unprecedented. Other countries accept migrants on the basis of economic necessity or as a humanitarian gesture. Only in America is it the direct consequence of our foundational ideals.

Bret Stephens

American America Accept Everyone

I like eating pepperoni. I heat it up in the microwave and then I let it roast and then I eat it with cheese.

Willow Smith

Eating Cheese Heat Eat Up Roast

Our retinas and brains have been wired by a hundred million years of evolution to find outlines in a visually complex landscape. This helps us to recognize prey and predators.

Seth Shostak

Landscape Find Evolution Years Prey