Terry Pratchett: Frasi in inglese

Terry Pratchett era scrittore e glottoteta britannico. Frasi in inglese.
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“I don’t know what to do,” he said. “No harm in that. I’ve never known what to do,” said Rincewind with hollow cheerfulness. “Been completely at a loss my whole life.” He hesitated. “I think it’s called being human, or something.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Sourcery

Origine: Sourcery

“Inside every lump of coal there's a diamond waiting to get out.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Il tristo mietitore

Origine: Reaper Man

“… All the shops have been smashed open. There was a whole bunch of people across the street helping themselves to musical instruments, can you believe that?"

"Yeah," said Rincewind. "… Luters, I expect.”

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Terry Pratchett libro The Light Fantastic

Origine: The Light Fantastic

“I'm trying to have a moment o' existential dreed here, right? Crivens, it's a puir lookout if a man canna feel the chilly winds o' fate lashing aroound his netheres wi'out folks telling him he's deid, eh?”

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Terry Pratchett libro A Hat Full of Sky

Origine: A Hat Full of Sky

“Thunder rolled.. It rolled a six.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Guards! Guards!

Origine: Guards! Guards!

“It is well known that a vital ingredient of success is not knowing that what you're attempting can't be done. A person ignorant of the possibility of failure can be a half-brick in the path of the bicycle of history.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Equal Rites

Origine: Equal Rites

“They can tak' oour lives but they canna tak' oour troousers!”

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Terry Pratchett libro The Wee Free Men

Origine: The Wee Free Men

“Vimes had got around to a Clean Desk policy. It was a Clean Floor strategy
that eluded him at the moment.”

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Terry Pratchett Thud!

Origine: Thud!

“Raising the flag and singing the anthem are, while somewhat suspicious, not in themselves acts of treason.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Night Watch

Origine: Night Watch

“Ninety percent of true love is acute, ear-burning embarrassment.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Wyrd Sisters

Origine: Wyrd Sisters

“They say that the prospect of being hanged in the morning concentrates a man's mind wonderfully; unfortunately, what the mind inevitably concentrates on is that, in the morning, it will be in a body that is going to be hanged.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Going Postal

Origine: Going Postal

“Personal isn't the same as important.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Men at Arms

Variante: Personal’s not the same as important. People just think it is.
Origine: Men at Arms

“The only really sane person in there is Igor, and possibly the turnip. And I'm not sure about the turnip.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Making Money

Origine: Making Money

“There’s lots of people will help you with alcohol business, but there’s no one out there arranging little meetings where you can stand up and say, ‘My name is Sam Vimes and I’m a really suspicious bastard.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Feet of Clay

Origine: Feet of Clay

“I see evil when I look in my shaving mirror. It is, philosophically, present everywhere in the universe in order, apparently, to highlight the existence of good. I think there is more to this theory, but I tend to burst out laughing at this point.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Unseen Academicals

Origine: Unseen Academicals

“YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.

"So we can believe the big ones?"

YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Hogfather

Origine: Hogfather

“Trouble is, just because things are obvious doesn't mean they're true.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Wyrd Sisters

Origine: Wyrd Sisters