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Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

~Douglas Adams

Topics: Doubly Illusion Lunchtime Time

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He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.

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Topics: Afterlife Contradiction He Here Hoped Involved Merely Prayed Realized Then

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There is a piece of me that likes to fondly imagine my maverick and rebellious nature. But, more accurately, I like to have a nice and cosy institution that I can rub up against a little bit.

~Douglas Adams

Topics: Accurately Against Bit Fondly Imagine Institution Like Likes Little Little Bit Maverick Me More Nature Nice Piece Rebellious Rub Up I Can

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The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.

~Douglas Adams

Topics: About Begun Crossing Even Mere Mind Possibility Speculate Thought

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Life is wasted on the living.

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Topics: Life Living Wasted

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The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

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Topics: Flying Ground How Knack Learning Miss Throw Yourself

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As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always such an emotional thing.

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Topics: Active Always Carol Child Choir Christian Emotional Love Remember School Service Thing To Love Used

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I think the idea of art kills creativity.

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Topics: Art Creativity Idea Think I Think

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One of the most important things you learn from the Internet is that there is no 'them' out there. It's just an awful lot of 'us.'

~Douglas Adams

Topics: Awful Awful Lot Important Important Things Internet Just Learn Lot Most Out The Most Important Them Things Us You

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What the computer in virtual reality enables us to do is to recalibrate ourselves so that we can start seeing those pieces of information that are invisible to us but have become important for us to understand.

~Douglas Adams

Topics: Become Computer Enables Important Information Invisible Ourselves Pieces Reality Seeing Start Those Understand Us Virtual Virtual Reality

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: March 11th, 1952

Died: May 11th, 2001

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