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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
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Douglas Adams
Age: 49 †
Born: 1952
Born: March 11
Died: 2001
Died: May 11
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Douglas Noel Adams
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Douglas N. Adams
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'Totally mad,' he said, 'utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.'
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I find that writing is a constant battle with exactly the same problems you've always had.
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Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.
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Well the hours are good...' ... 'but now you come to mention it, most of the actual minutes are pretty lousy.
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