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Quotes by Douglas Adams

He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.

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Humans are unique in their ability to learn from the mistakes of others, and in their extreme disinclination to do so.

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There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, that provides the difficulties.

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Source: Life, the Universe and Everything
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There is a trick, or rather a knack, to flying.  The knack lies in learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

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Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Writing comes easy. All you have to do is stare at a blank piece of paper until your forehead bleeds.

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He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.

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Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

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In the beginning, the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

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There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplainable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.

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A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about.

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