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I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
Douglas Adams
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Douglas Adams
Age: 49 †
Born: 1952
Born: March 11
Died: 2001
Died: May 11
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In the center lay the exploded carcass of a lonely sperm whale that hadn't lived long enough to be disappointed with its lot.
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Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.
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Dirk turned on the car wipers, which grumbled because they didn't have quite enough rain to wipe away, so he turned them off again. Rain quickly speckled the windscreen. He turned on the wipers again, but they still refused to feel that the exercise was worthwhile, and scraped and squeaked in protest.
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Put away your worries, the world is a good and perfect place. It is in fact very easy.
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Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.
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I have always been absurdly, ridiculously tall. To give you an idea- when we went on school trips to Interesting and Improving Places, the form-master wouldn't say Meet under the clock tower, or Meet under the War Memorial, but Meet under Adams.
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It was one of those pictures that children are supposed to like but don't. Full of endearing little animals doing endearing things, you know?
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If somebody votes for a party that you don't agree with, you're free to argue about it as much as you like. ... But on the other hand, if somebody says, 'I mustn't move a light switch on a Saturday,' you say, 'Fine, I respect that.'
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What's up? I don't know, said Marvin, I've never been there.
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The Presidents job, is not to wield power himself, but to lead attention away from it.
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I am terribly proud of-I was born in Cambridge in 1952 and my initials are DNA!
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