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DOUGLAS ADAMS Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of.
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DOUGLAS ADAMS The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sen...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have...
DOUGLAS ADAMS It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear.
DOUGLAS ADAMS Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
DOUGLAS ADAMS He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may...
DOUGLAS ADAMS The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existenc...
DOUGLAS ADAMS The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola
DOUGLAS ADAMS Even traveling despondently is better than arriving here.
DOUGLAS ADAMS The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a...
DOUGLAS ADAMS My doctor says that I have a malformed public duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre,' h...
DOUGLAS ADAMS Same as you, Arthur. I hitched a ride. After all, with a degree in maths and another in astrophysics...
DOUGLAS ADAMS He actually caught himself saying things like "Yippee," as he pranced ridiculously round the house.
DOUGLAS ADAMS If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a non...
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