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We asked a lot, physically, of people [in 2004] that I think may have hurt us this year. I don't think anybody would trade that.


Terry Francona

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TERRY TEACHOUT Argentina has elected a centre-right president, Mauricio Macri. Bolivia's Evo Morales, having lo...
TERRY GLAVIN It was commonplace to hear it said, after the Bosnian genocide kicked off in 1992 and the Rwandan ge...
TERRY GLAVIN It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are t...
TERRY PRATCHETT I don't want unnecessary violence, sergeant," said Blouse.
"Right you are, sir!" said the serge...
TERRY PRATCHETT Often real life is boring and problematic. I love the edited version of it.
TERRY GROSS This is Art holding a Mirror up to Life. That’s why everything is exactly the wrong way around.
TERRY PRATCHETT I intend, before the endgame looms, to die sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brand...
TERRY PRATCHETT The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned no la...
TERRY PRATCHETT They stole from rich merchants and temples and kings. They didn't steal from poor people; this was n...
TERRY PRATCHETT Can't nothing make your life work if you ain't the architect.
TERRY MCMILLAN What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary wh...
HELEN TERRY William: "I'm sure we can all pull together, sir."
Vetinari: "Oh, I do hope not. Pulling togeth...
TERRY PRATCHETT The universe, they said, depended for its operation on the balance of four forces which they identif...
TERRY PRATCHETT I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" TERRY PRATCHETT If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's wha...
TERRY PRATCHETT The place where the story happened was a world on the back of four elephants perched on the s...
TERRY PRATCHETT If you trust in yourself. . .and believe in your dreams. . .and follow your star. . . you'll still g...
TERRY PRATCHETT If you stopped tellin' people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all ...
TERRY PRATCHETT The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and tryi...
TERRY PRATCHETT Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away.
PAUL TERRY Do you think it's possible for an entire nation to be insane?
TERRY PRATCHETT Did I do anything last night that suggested I was sane?
TERRY PRATCHETT It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever," he said. "Have you thought of goi...
TERRY PRATCHETT If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunders...
TERRY PRATCHETT In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
TERRY PRATCHETT Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you.
TERRY PRATCHETT Have you ever noticed how ‘What the hell’ is always the right decision to make?
TERRY JOHNSON Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is ...
TERRY GOODKIND Few religions are definite about the size of Heaven, but on the planet Earth the Book of Revelation ...
TERRY PRATCHETT It's a terrible thing for a man when his woman gangs up on him wi' a toad
TERRY PRATCHETT God does not play dice with the universe; He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which migh...
TERRY PRATCHETT Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it f...
TERRY PRATCHETT All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life ...
TERRY PRATCHETT Grinning like a necrophiliac in a morgue.
TERRY PRATCHETT Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot ...
TERRY PRATCHETT Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.
TERRY EAGLETON