"The figures looked more or less human. And……" — Terry Pratchett
"The figures looked more or less human. And they were engaged in religion. You could tell by the knives (it's not murder if you do it for a god)."
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1,149 Quotes by Terry Pratchett
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Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.
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I learned firsthand that there would simply be no wars if people engaged in real conversation.
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America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a…
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If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.
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We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture…
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