Terry Pratchett: Citáty anglicky (strana 3)

Terry Pratchett byl anglický spisovatel. Citáty anglicky.
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“A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?”

Interview, quoted in "Words from the Master" http://www.co.uk.lspace.org/books/apf/words-from-the-master.html in The Annotated Pratchett File http://www.co.uk.lspace.org/books/apf/index.html
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Kontext: As for The Mapp... I suspect it'll never get a US publication. It seemed to frighten US publishers. They don't seem to understand it.
That seems to point up a significant difference between Europeans and Americans:
A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?
I make no suggestion that one side or the other is right, but observation over many years leads me to believe it is true.

“I don't think I've drunk enough beer to understand that.”

Terry Pratchett kniha Poslední kontinent

Zdroj: The Last Continent

“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 kniha Diggers

The Nome Trilogy (1989 - 1990)
Varianta: The problem with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and putting things in it.
Zdroj: Diggers (1990)

“Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind.”

Terry Pratchett kniha Sekáč

Varianta: Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind.
Zdroj: Reaper Man