Terry Pratchett: Frasi in inglese (pagina 40)

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“Everyone's heard of Erwin Schrodinger's famous thought experiment. You put a cat in a box with a bottle of poison, which many people would suggest is about as far as you need to go.”

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Terry Pratchett libro The Unadulterated Cat

The Unadulterated Cat (1989)

“Dickens, as you know, never got round to starting his home page.”

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alt.fan.pratchett (8 August 1997) http://www.lspace.org/ftp/words/pqf/pqf
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“I don't believe. I never have, not in big beards in the sky.”

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"I create gods all the time - now I think one might exist" (2008)

“I'd like to stand up for the rights of people who put everything on their burger -- chutney, mustard, pickle, mustard pickle, tomato sauce… It is common knowledge in my family that I can't tell the difference between a veggie burger and a meat one, because the ratio of burger to pickles is so high. [either misquoted or mis-thought, since not to be able to tell would mean the burger:pickles ratio is so low]”

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“Death isn't online. If he was, there would be a sudden drop in the death rate. Although it'd be interesting to see if he'd post things like: DON'T YOU THINK I SOUND LIKE JAMES EARL JONES?”

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“The net software here did its meltdown trick again at the weekend (it happens about once every six months -- if only everything was as reliable as WordPerfect 4.2, which only chews up a novel about once every two or three years…)”

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“Whose side are they on?' said Brocando.
'Sides? Their own, I suppose, just like everyone else.”

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Terry Pratchett libro The Carpet People

The Carpet People (1971; 1992)

“Keep 'em busy. That was one of the three rules of being chief that old Grimm had passed on to him. Act confidently, never say 'I don't know,' and when all else fails, keep 'em busy.”

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Terry Pratchett libro The Carpet People

The Carpet People (1971; 1992)

“What your soldier wants -- really, really wants -- is no-one shooting back at him.”

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“Cats don't hunt seals. They would if they knew what they were and where to find them. But they don't, so that's all right.”

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Terry Pratchett libro The Unadulterated Cat

The Unadulterated Cat (1989)

“It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. This is in fact true. It's called living.”

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This popular quote seems to be a paraphrase of an exchange in The Last Continent:
Is it true that your life passes before your eyes before you die?'
YES.
'Ghastly thought, really.' Rincewind shuddered. 'Oh, gods, I've just had another one. Suppose I am just about to die and this is my whole life passing in front of my eyes?'
I THINK PERHAPS YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND. PEOPLE'S WHOLE LIVES DO PASS IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES BEFORE THEY DIE. THE PROCESS IS CALLED 'LIVING'.
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“You can't be loony and rich. You've got to be eccentric if you're rich.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Il tristo mietitore

Origine: Reaper Man

“The reaper does not listen to the harvest.”

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Terry Pratchett libro Il tristo mietitore

Origine: Reaper Man

“It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works.”

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Terry Pratchett libro The Wee Free Men

Origine: The Wee Free Men