A tennis racket lurks in my earliest memories like a sick relative who had come to live with us. When I look at my baby pictures, there it is, resting in my crib in the place of a rattle or chew toy.
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away his vote by voting either for... DOUGLAS JERROLD A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands. DOUGLAS JERROLD After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than
in any other gown in the world. DOUGLAS JERROLD Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece... DOUGLAS WILDER It's hard to legislate what people eat. People are getting fed up with being told what they can ... TOM DOUGLAS I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons. DOUGLAS ADAMS I wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact, I wanted to be John Cleese, and it took... DOUGLAS ADAMS Time is bunk. DOUGLAS ADAMS For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen. DOUGLAS ADAMS Of course you can't 'trust' what people tell you on the web anymore than you can 'tr... DOUGLAS ADAMS If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a few pictu... DOUGLAS ADAMS The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong i... DOUGLAS ADAMS I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge? DOUGLAS ADAMS If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that w... DOUGLAS ADAMS My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they freq... DOUGLAS ADAMS In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground. DOUGLAS ADAMS Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed o... DOUGLAS ADAMS Sustainability includes how you run your business, and my bottom line includes how you treat your pe... TOM DOUGLAS