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I like the cover, he said. Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day.

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Douglas Adams
Age: 49 †
Born: 1952
Born: March 11
Died: 2001
Died: May 11
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The point is, you see, said Ford, that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later.
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So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly?' I asked. He looked at me as if I were stupid. 'You die, of course. That's what deadly means.
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Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.
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Could be. I’m a pretty dangerous dude when I’m cornered.” “Yeah,” said the voice from under the table, “you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.
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My capacity for happiness, he added, you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first
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I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer
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A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment.
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Why' is the only question that bothers people enough to have an entire letter of the alphabet named after it. The alphabet does not go 'A B C D What? When? How?' but it does go 'V W X Why? Z.
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The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is...42!
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