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People aren't just people, they are people surrounded by circumstances.

People aren't just people, they are people surrounded by circumstances.

Terry Pratchett
People, Circumstances

Lots of people would be as cowardly as me if they were brave enough.

Terry Pratchett
People, Brave, Would Be

If you were going to be successful in the world of crime, you needed a reputation for honesty.

Terry Pratchett
Honesty, Successful, World

There were two ways of looking at the world, but only one when you are starving.

Terry Pratchett
Two, World, Way
Terry Pratchett (2012). “Dodger”, p.88, Random House

He thought about how it might be to be, say, a fox confronted with an angry sheep. A sheep moreover, that could afford to employ wolves.

Terry Pratchett
Sheep, Might, Foxes
Terry Pratchett (2008). “The Colour Of Magic: (Discworld Novel 1)”, p.76, Random House

And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based.

Terry Pratchett
Would Be, Definitions, Discworld
"Going Postal". Book by Terry Pratchett, en.wikiquote.org. 2004.

You can't go around building a better world for people. Only people can build a better world for people. Otherwise it's just a cage. Besides you don't build a better world by choppin' heads off and giving decent girls away to frogs.

Terry Pratchett
Girl, People, Giving

I have no fear of death whatsoever. I suspect that few people do, what they all fear is what might happen in the years or months before death.

Terry Pratchett
Years, People, Might
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Well, basically there are two sorts of opera," said Nanny, who also had the true witch's ability to be confidently expert on the basis of no experience whatsoever. "There's your heavy opera, where basically people sing foreign and it goes like "Oh oh oh, I am dyin', oh I am dyin', oh oh oh, that's what I'm doin'", and there's your light opera, where they sing in foreign and it basically goes "Beer! Beer! Beer! Beer! I like to drink lots of beer!", although sometimes they drink champagne instead. That's basically all of opera, reely.

Terry Pratchett
Beer, Light, Two
Terry Pratchett (2009). “Maskerade: (Discworld Novel 18)”, p.155, Random House

It's tough at the top. It's tough at the bottom. But in between you could use them for horse-shoes.

Terry Pratchett
Happiness, Success, Horse

There are, almost by definition, an unlimited number of Hells - potentially at least a personal one for every living sapient being.

Terry Pratchett
Numbers, Definitions, Hell
Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett (2012). “Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far”, p.201, Hachette UK

… people didn't seem to be able to remember what it was like with the elves around. Life was certainly more interesting then, but usually because it was shorter. And it was more colorful, if you liked the color of blood.

Terry Pratchett
Blood, Color, People

Jesus won't cut you off before you're through With him you won't never get a crossed line, And when your bill comes it'll all be properly itemised He's the telephone repairman on the switchboard of my life. The phone line to the saviour's always free of interference He's in at any hour, day or night And when you call J-E-S-U-S you always call toll-free He's the telephone repairman on the switchboard of my life.

Terry Pratchett
Jesus, Cutting, Night

You were safe on a troll. Anyone wanting to mug a troll would have to use a building on a stick.

Terry Pratchett
Use, Safe, Sticks

... all reputable falconers agreed that for hunting purposes the only way you could reliably bring down prey with a wowhawk was by using it in a slingshot.

Terry Pratchett
Hunting, Purpose, Slingshots
Terry Pratchett (2008). “Carpe Jugulum: (Discworld Novel 23)”, p.293, Random House

Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact.

Terry Pratchett
Simple, Guitar, Careers
Terry Pratchett (2016). “Seriously Funny: The Endlessly Quotable Terry Pratchett”, p.37, Random House

Oh, my dear Vimes, history changes all the time. It is constantly being re-examined and re-evaluated, otherwise how would we be able to keep historians occupied? We can't possibly allow people with their sort of minds to walk around with time on their hands.

Terry Pratchett
Hands, People, Mind
Terry Pratchett (2009). “Jingo: (Discworld Novel 21)”, p.247, Random House

What's money interested in? More money.

Terry Pratchett
More Money

It takes a special kind of person to fight back.

Terry Pratchett
Inspirational, Fighting, Special
Terry Pratchett (2010). “Witches Abroad: (Discworld Novel 12)”, p.14, Random House

We are monkeys. We like to chatter. Chattering doesn't cost us anything.

Terry Pratchett
Cost, Monkeys, Chatter
Source: www.avclub.com

I'd like to walk on the moon (and return).

Terry Pratchett
Moon, Return, Walks
Source: www.karsmakers.nl

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.

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Life, Exercise, Mind
"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture.

Terry Pratchett
Mean, Temples, Architecture
"Making Money". Book by Terry Pratchett, 2007.

Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of our lives.

Terry Pratchett
Good Morning, Beauty, Live Life

I know it's a very human thing to say 'Is there anything I can do', but in this case I would only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry.

Terry Pratchett
Brain, Experts, Chemistry
"Fantasy author: I have Alzheimer's". www.cnn.com. December 13, 2007.

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