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The only moral it is possible to draw from this story is that one should never throw the Q letter into a privet bush, but unfortunately there are times when it is unavoidable. (Douglas Adams)
Who is this god person anyway? View quote
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There is an art to the business of making sandwiches which it is given to few ever to find the time to explore in depth. It is a simple task, but the opportunities for satisfaction are many and profound. View quote
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Fifteen years was a long time to be stranded anywhere, particularly somewhere as mind-boggingly dull as Earth. View quote
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I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed. View quote
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That young girl is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting. View quote
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Here, for whatever reason, is the world. And here it stays. With me on it. View quote
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...he had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his "Zen" method of navigation, which was simply to find any car that looked as if it knew where it was going and follow it. The results were more often surprising than successful, but he felt it was worth it for the sake of the few occasions when it was both. View quote
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What I need... is a strong drink and a peer group. View quote
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It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the expression "As pretty as an airport." View quote
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Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see. (Douglas Adams)
Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it. View quote
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The teacher usually learns more than the pupils. Isn't that true? "It would be hard to learn much less than my pupils," came a low growl from somewhere on the table, "without undergoing a pre-frontal lobotomy." View quote
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Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied. View quote
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My absolute favorite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees. View quote
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A beach house isn't just real estate. It's a state of mind. View quote
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A computer chattered to itself in alarm as it noticed an airlock open and close itself for no apparent reason. This was because reason was in fact out to lunch. View quote
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If there's any real truth, it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. View quote
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The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees. View quote
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It was his subconscious which told him this - that infuriating part of a person's brain which never responds to interrogation, merely gives little meaningful nudges and then sits humming quietly to itself, saying nothing. View quote
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He had personality problems beyond the dreams of analysts. (Douglas Adams)
I am so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis. View quote
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What's so unpleasant about being drunk You ask a glass of water. View quote
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We'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent lifeforms everywhere and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys. View quote
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For as long as he could remember, he'd suffered from a vague nagging feeling of being not all there. View quote
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