The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though yo…

Terry Pratchett
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The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues. ✨ Moving Pictures. Book by Terry Pratchett, www.theguardian.com. 1990.
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The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues. ✨ Moving Pictures. Book by Terry Pratchett, www.theguardian.com. 1990.

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