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Deep in the fundamental heart of mind and Universe there is a reason. (Douglas Adams)
See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that. View quote
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Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. View quote
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Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation. View quote
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Anything that thinks logically can be fooled by something else that thinks at least as logically as it does. View quote
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What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day. View quote
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How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind? View quote
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The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. Somebody did once look at his watch, but that was eleven years ago now, and there has been no follow up. View quote
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How many roads must a man walk down? View quote
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It is folly to say you know what is happening to other people. Only they know, if they exist. They have their own Universes of their own eyes and ears. View quote
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And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before--and thus was the Empire forged. (Douglas Adams)
We are now cruising at a level of two to the power of twenty-five thousand to one against and falling, and we will be restoring normality just as soon as we are sure what is normal anyway. View quote
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A fragrant breeze wandered up from the quiet sea, trailed along the beach, and drifted back to the sea again, wondering where to go next. On a mad impulse it went up to the beach again. It drifted back to sea. View quote
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Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game. View quote
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The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. View quote
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Dennis Hutch had stepped up into the top seat when its founder had died of a lethal overdose of brick wall, taken while under the influence of a Ferrari and a bottle of tequila. View quote
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The seat received him in a loose and distant kind of way, like an aunt who disapproves of the last fifteen years of your life and will therefore furnish you with a basic sherry, but refuses to catch your eye. View quote
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I think a nerd is a person who uses the telephone to talk to other people about telephones. And a computer nerd therefore is somebody who uses a computer in order to use a computer. View quote
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In moments of great stress, every life form that exists gives out a tiny subliminal signal. View quote
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Dirk was, for one of the few times in a life of exuberantly prolific loquacity, wordless. View quote
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That was it. That was really it. She knew that she had told herself that that was it only seconds earlier, but this was now the final real ulimate it. (Douglas Adams)
Zaphod did not want to tangle with them and, deciding that just as discretion is the better part of valor, so was cowardice is the better part of discretion, he valiantly hid himself in a closet. View quote
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I was created to fulfill a function and I failed in it. I negated my own existence. View quote
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High on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse. View quote
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If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there? View quote
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