Terry Pratchett: Zitate auf Englisch

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“Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Reaper Man

Variante: Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.
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“I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.”

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“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever, he said. Have you thought of going into teaching?”

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Terry Pratchett buch Mort

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“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”

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Terry Pratchett buch A Hat Full of Sky

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“A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Guards! Guards!

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“If you trust in yourself… and believe in your dreams… and follow your star… you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

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Terry Pratchett buch The Wee Free Men

Variante: Now... if you trust in yourself... and believe in your dreams... and follow your star... you'll still get beaten by people who spenttime working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy. Goodbye.
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“The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Moving Pictures

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“She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Equal Rites

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“Death: "THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT."
Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.”

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“Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Hogfather

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“The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Monstrous Regiment

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“Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide.”

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Quelle: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

“… inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Moving Pictures

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“If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Guards! Guards!

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“Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.”

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“Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.”

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Terry Pratchett buch Jingo

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