“The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort.”
Terry Pratchett book The Light Fantastic
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“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly … very slowly.”
As quoted in Great Hollywood Wit: A Glorious Cavalcade of Hollywood Wisecracks, Zingers, Japes, Quips, Slings, Jests, Snappers, & Sass from the Stars (2003) by Gene Shalit, p. 46
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