"Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of our lives."
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"He had about the same life expectancy as a three legged hedgehog on a six lane motorway."
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"In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded."
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"It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works."
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"Divide by cucumber error. Please reinstall universe and reboot."
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"Be careful what you wish for. You never know who will be listening."
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"You've got a lot of time for abstract thought when you've got your hand stuck up a dead badger."
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"Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself."
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"Lord Vetinari lifted an eyebrow with the care of one who, having found a piece of caterpillar in his salad, raises the rest of the lettuce."
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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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"But of course, what the eagle does not realize is that it is participating in a very crude form of natural selection.One day a tortoise will learn how to fly."
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"There are no medium-sized trees in the deep forest. There are only the towering ones, whose canopy spreads across the sky. Below, in the gloom, there's light for nothing but mosses and ferns. But when a giant falls, leaving a little space ... then there's a race - between the trees on either side, who want to spread out, and the seedlings below, who race to grow up. Sometimes, you can make your own space."
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"Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH,' the paint wouldn't even have time to dry."
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"The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they've found it."
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"It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living."
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"Only in our dreams are we free. The rest of the time we need wages."
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"Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized."
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"Go on, prove me wrong. Destroy the fabric of the universe. See if I care."
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"It was all very well going on about pure logic and how the universe was ruled by logic and the harmony of numbers, but the plain fact of the matter was that the Disc was manifestly traversing space on the back of a giant turtle and the gods had a habit of going round to atheists' houses and smashing their windows."
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"She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close."
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