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"Gentlemen, no fighting please. This is, after all, a council of war. (p. 26)"
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"There are those who believe knowledge is something that is acquired—a precious ore hacked, as it were, from the gray strata of ignorance."
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Discworld is a collection of fantasy comedy novels, graphic novels, short stories, and associated works conceived and primarily written by the English author Terry Pratchett. They are united by their being set on the Discworld, a flat planet balanced on the backs of four elephants which in turn stand on the back of a giant turtle. The novel series consists of forty-one books, the first being The C
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"Do give us your forthright views," said Salzella. Definitely that kind of owner, he thought. Self-made man proud of his handiwork. Confuses bluffness and honesty with merely being rude. I wouldnt mind betting a dollar that he thinks he can tell a mans character by testing the firmness of his handshake and looking deeply into his eyes. (p. 22)"
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"It wasn’t that he wasn’t good at delegating. He was extremely good at delegating. But the talent requires people on the other end of the chain to be good at being delegated onto. They weren’t."
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