"The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy……" — Terry Pratchett
"The hippo of recollection stirred in the muddy waters of the mind."
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1,149 Quotes by Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett has 1,149 quotes on this site.
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There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides.
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Our garden was debated territory between five local cats, and we'd heard that the best way to keep other cats…
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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,…
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It's an interesting fact that fewer than 17 % of Real cats end their lives with the same name they…
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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,…
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Consider the situation. There you are, forehead like a set of balconies, worrying about the long-term effects of all this…
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At least I know I'm bewildered about the really fundamental and important facts of the universe.
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Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended.
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A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the amount of magic needed…
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Things have no power that humans don't put there.
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More Hippo Quotes
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It looks like a miniature hippopotamus with badly-fitting panty hose all over.
— Roger Caras
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'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't…
— Josemaria Escriva
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I deeply respect American sentimentality, the way one respects a wounded hippo. You must keep an eye on it, for…
— Teju Cole
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I'm not fighting with myself. Oh, my God. That's how I am. You know, the story of the hippo? The…
— Marat Safin
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Hungry Hungry Hippos is so depressing. You continuously chomp away at those balls and you are alone and it's your…
— Thom Yorke
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African cavalry mounted on rhinos or hippos would have made mincemeat of European cavalry mounted on horses. But it couldnt…
— Jared Diamond
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Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.
— George Ayittey
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You can't breathe dead hippo waking, sleeping, and eating, and at the same time keep your precarious grip on existence.
— Joseph Conrad
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We wandered the halls of an infinite magic nursing home, led by a hippo nurse with a torch. Really, just…
— Rick Riordan
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I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem…
— Laura Mvula
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The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malpractice and the childlike…
— Derek Jarman
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I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by…
— Zahi Hawass
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