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Terry Pratchett

October 19th, 2006 by Laura Moncur in Literature
I’ll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there’s evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
Terry Pratchett

I saw this quotation today in an email and I thought to myself, “I should add that to our collection.” When I checked, however, it was already there. Mike has added a bunch of funny Terry Pratchett quotations and I had an enjoyable few minutes reading them this morning. Here are a couple of my favorites:

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
Terry Pratchett
An education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on.
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

I tried reading Good Omens when all my friends were raving about it, but I really didn’t ever finish it. After reading all of these funny quotes, it looks like I need to give it another try…

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