Terry Pratchett: Citáty v angličtine

Terry Pratchett bol anglický autor. Citáty v angličtine.
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“Maybe the only significant difference between a really smart simulation and a human being was the noise they made when you punched them.”

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Terry Pratchett The Long Earth

Zdroj: The Long Earth

“One of the things forgotten about the human spirit is that while it is, in the right conditions, noble and brave and wonderful, it is also, when you get right down to it, only human.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Guards! Guards!

Zdroj: Guards! Guards!

“Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Pyramids

Zdroj: Pyramids

“Vimes's lack of interest in other people's children was limitless.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Snuff

Zdroj: Snuff

“I don't want to hurt you, Mistress Weatherwax," said Mrs Gogol.
"That's good," said Granny. "I don't want you to hurt me either.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Witches Abroad

Zdroj: Witches Abroad

“When people say "clearly" something that means there's a huge crack in their argument and they know things aren't clear at all.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha The Truth

Zdroj: The Truth

“Belief, he says. Belief shifts. People start out believing in the god and end up believing in the structure.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Small Gods

Zdroj: Small Gods

“Esme Weatherwax hadn't done nice. She'd done what was.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha The Shepherd's Crown

Zdroj: The Shepherd's Crown

“But I don'tin reincarnation!" he protested.
SQUEAK.
And this, Mr Pounder understood with absolute rodent clarity, meant: reincarnation believes in.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Maskerade

Zdroj: Maskerade

“Racism was not a problem on the Discworld, because—what with trolls and dwarfs and so on—speciesism was more interesting. Black and white lived in perfect harmony and ganged up on green.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Witches Abroad

Zdroj: Witches Abroad

“If there were such a thing as an inter-city thieving contest, Ankh-Morpork would bring home the trophy and probably everyone’s wallets.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Snuff

Zdroj: Snuff

“This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Lords and Ladies

Zdroj: Lords and Ladies

“Everyone knew there were wolves in the mountains, but they seldom came near the village - the modern wolves were the offspring of ancestors that had survived because they had learned that human meat had sharp edges.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Equal Rites

Zdroj: Equal Rites

“These weren't encouraged in the city, since the heft and throw of a longbow's arrow could send it through an innocent bystander a hundred yards away instead of the innocent bystander at whom it was aimed.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Guards! Guards!

Zdroj: Guards! Guards!

“He sighed. It had come to this. He was a responsible authority, and people could use terms like "core values" at him with impunity.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Making Money

Zdroj: Making Money

“There is a curse.
They say:
May you live in interesting times.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Interesting Times

Zdroj: Interesting Times

“Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.”

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Terry Pratchett kniha Thief of Time

Zdroj: Thief of Time

“But there was more to it than that. As the Amazing Maurice said, it was just a story about people and rats. And the difficult part of it was deciding who the people were, and who were the rats.”

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Terry Pratchett

Zdroj: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents