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“I would just like to draw attention to everyone reading the above that this should be interpreted as 'I am not dead'. I will, of course, be dead at some future point, as will everybody else.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/12/13/terry.pratchett
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“I always thought Detritus would be good at: "I bet you're wondrin' how many time I fired dis crossbow--"”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

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“Our garden was debated territory between five local cats, and we'd heard that the best way to keep other cats out of the garden was to have one yourself. A moment's rational thought here will spot the slight flaw in this reasoning.”

Terry Pratchett book The Unadulterated Cat

The Unadulterated Cat (1989)

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“I'm referred to, I see, as 'the biggest banker in modern publishing'. Now there's a line that needed the celebrated Guardian proof-reading.”

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“Mort isn't fashionable UK movie material -- there're no parts in it for Hugh or Emma, it's not set in Sheffield, and no one shoves drugs up their bum…”

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“The sign outside the shop said Apothecary, which meant that the shop was owned by a sort of early chemist, who would give you herbs and things until you got better or at least stopped getting any worse.”

Terry Pratchett book The Carpet People

The Carpet People (1971; 1992)

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“There should be a notice ahead of the movie that says 'This movie is PG. Can you read? You are a Parent. Do you understand what Guidance is? Or are you just another stupid toddler who thinks they're an adult simply because they've grown older and, unfortunately, have developed fully-functioning sexual organs? Would you like some committee somewhere to decide *everything* for you? Get a damn grip, will you? And shut the wretched kid up!”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

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“The space between the young readers eyeballs and the printed page is a holy place and officialdom should trample all over it at their peril.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

No to Age banding Campaign http://www.notoagebanding.org/index.php?comments/authors <br class="br">General sources

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“But we should kill him!'
'No. You've been listen to Brocando too often,' said Bane.
Brocando bristled. 'You know what he is! Why not kill--' he began, but he was interrupted.
'Because it doesn't matter what he is. It matters what we are.”

Terry Pratchett book The Carpet People

The Carpet People (1971; 1992)

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“"Educational" refers to the process, not the object. Although, come to think of it, some of my teachers could easily have been replaced by a cheeseburger.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

In response to a comment that if television is educational because watching it can teach you a lot about society, then a cheeseburger is also educational, alt.fan.pratchett (15 October 1996) http://www.lspace.org/books/pqf/alt-fan-pratchett.html <br class="br">Usenet

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“DW is based on a slew of old myths, which reach their most 'refined' form in Hindu mythology, which in turn of course derived from the original Star Trek episode 'Planet of Wobbly Rocks where the Security Guard Got Shot.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

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“It's amazing how fast gold works.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

On building the clacks, at alt.fan.pratchett (18 June 2002) http://www.lspace.org/fandom/afp/timelines/discussions/building-the-clacks.html <br class="br">Usenet

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“I must confess the activities of the UK governments for the past couple of years have been watched with frank admiration and amazement by Lord Vetinari. Outright theft as a policy had never occurred to him.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

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“What you have here is an example of that well known phenomenon, A Bookshop Assistant Who Knows Buggerall But Won't Admit It (probably some kind of arts graduate).”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

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“Anyway, just because you're sworn enemies doesn't mean you can't be friends, does it?”

Terry Pratchett book The Carpet People

The Carpet People (1971; 1992)

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“I don’t mind authority, but not authoritarian authority. After all, the bus driver is allowed to be the boss of the bus. But if he’s bad at driving, he’s not going to be a bus driver anymore.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Interview with Cory Doctorow
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“Eight years involved with the nuclear industry have taught me that when nothing can possibly go wrong and every avenue has been covered, then is the time to buy a house on the next continent.”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

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“Stop that!' he shouted. 'You're soldiers! You're not supposed to fight!”

Terry Pratchett book The Carpet People

The Carpet People (1971; 1992)

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“Bognor has always meant to me the quintessential English seaside experience (before all this global warming stuff): driving in the rain to get there, walking around in the rain looking for something to do when you're there, and driving home in the rain again…”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

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“They can ta'k our lives but they can never ta'k our freedom!' Now there's a battle cry not designed by a clear thinker…”

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author

Referring to a statement in the movie Braveheart, at alt.fan.pratchett (11 January 1999) http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=2SwYaHAyOlm2EwG3%40unseen.demon.co.uk <br class="br">Usenet