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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 Although, come to think of it, some of my teachers could easily have been replaced by a cheeseburger.”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

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
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Education , Thinking , Teachers

“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

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Star

“It's amazing how fast gold works.”

Terry Pratchett

On building the clacks, at alt.fan.pratchett (18 June 2002) http://www.lspace.org/fandom/afp/timelines/discussions/building-the-clacks.html
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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

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Past

“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

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Art

“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)

“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

Interview with Cory Doctorow
Misc

“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

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Time , Housing

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

Terry Pratchett book The Carpet People

The Carpet People (1971; 1992)

Fight

“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

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Home

“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

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
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Freedom , Cry

“Wikipedia, eh? Must be accurate then!”

Terry Pratchett

The age interview (17 Feb 2007) http://www.theage.com.au/news/books/meeting-mr-pratchett/2007/02/15/1171405371862.html?page=fullpage
General sources

“A true beanie should have a propellor on the top.”

Terry Pratchett

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“While a book has got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the reader it's got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the writer as well.”

Terry Pratchett

alt.fan.pratchett (1 December 1998) http://www.lspace.org/fandom/afp/timelines/discussions/is-pterry-going-downhill.html
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Books

“The way to deal with an impossible task was to chop it down into a number of merely very difficult tasks, and break each one of them into a group of horribly hard tasks, and each of them into tricky jobs, and each of them…”

Terry Pratchett The Nome Trilogy

Truckers, Ch. 7
The Nome Trilogy (1989 - 1990)

Way

“What would Deftmenes be if we went around obeying orders all the time?'
'They might be ruling the Carpet,' said Pismire.
'Ha!' said Brocando, 'but the trouble about obeying orders is, it becomes a habit. And then everything depends on who's giving the orders.”

Terry Pratchett book The Carpet People

The Carpet People (1971; 1992)

Time , Dependency

“Boot-faced cats aren't born but made, often because they've tried to outstare or occasionally rape a speeding car and have been repaired by a vet who just pulled all the bits together and stuck the stitches in where there was room.”

Terry Pratchett book The Unadulterated Cat

The Unadulterated Cat (1989)

Cars , Cats , Speed

“Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.”

Terry Pratchett

alt.fan.pratchett (22 November 1993) http://www.lspace.org/ftp/words/pqf/pqf
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“I was thinking of 'duh?' in the sense of 'a sentence containing several words more than three letters long, and possibly requiring general knowledge or a sense of history that extends past last Tuesday, has been used in my presence.”

Terry Pratchett

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History , Knowledge , Thinking , Sense

“Well … welcome. My house is your house', his brow suddenly furrowed and he looked worried, 'although only in a metaphorical sense, you understand, because I would not, much as I always admired your straightforward approach, and indeed your forthright stance, actually give you my house, it being the only house I have, and therefore the term is being extended in an, as it were, gratuitous fashion”

Terry Pratchett book The Carpet People

The Carpet People (1971; 1992)

Fashion , Understanding , Sense , Housing