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I think we have different value systems." –Arthur"Well mine's better." –FordDouglas Adams
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Why, how much did you tip him?' Ford named a figure again.' I don't know how much it is, ' said Arthur. 'What's it worth in pounds sterling? What could it buy you?'' It would probably buy you, roughly... er...' Ford screwed his eyes up as he did some calculations in his head. 'Switzerland, ' he said at last.Douglas Adams
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One of the extraordinary things about life is the sort of places it's prepared to put up with living.Douglas Adams
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You live and learn. At any rate, you live.Douglas Adams
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The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.Douglas Adams
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Protect me from knowing what I don't need to know. Protect me from even knowing that there are things to know that I don't know. Protect me from knowing that I decided not to know about the things that I decided not to know about. Amen.Lord, lord, lord. Protect me from the consequences of the above prayer.Douglas Adams
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She thought that trying to live life according to any plan you actually work out is like trying to buy ingredients for a recipe from the supermarket. You get one of those trolleys which simply will not go in the direction you push it and end up just having to buy completely different stuff. What do you do with it? What do you do with the recipe? She didn't know.Douglas Adams