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I was thinking of 'duh?' in the sense of 'a sentence containing several words more than three letters long, and possibly requiring general knowledge or a sense of history that extends past last Tuesday, has been used in my presense.'

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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PEOPLE'S WHOLE LIVES *DO* PASS IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES BEFORE THEY DIE. THE PROCESS IS CALLED 'LIVING'.

Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

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It's an old magical principle -- it's even filtered down into RPG systems
-- that magic, while taking a lot of effort, can be 'stored' -- in a staff, for example. No doubt a wizard spends a little time each day charging up his staff, although you go blind if you do it too much, of course.

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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"Why's it called Ming?" said the Archchancellor, on cue. The Bursar tapped the pot. It went *ming*.

Discworld archeology revealed
Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

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- "The other humans around it are trying to explain to it what a planet is."
- "Doesn't it know?"
- "Many humans don't. Mistervicepresident is one of them."

Terry Pratchett, Wings

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You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was
"but we've always done it this way." A million dead people can't have been wrong, can they?

Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

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This isn't life in the fast lane, it's life in the oncoming traffic.

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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I mean, I wouldn't pay more than a couple of quid to see me, and *I'm* me.

Terry Pratchett, alt.fan.pratchett

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The world is made up of four elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. This is a fact well known even to Corporal Nobbs. It's also wrong. There's a fifth element, and generally it's called Surprise.

Terry Pratchett, The Truth

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