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We think that the world is a solid, vivid place, full of shape and colour and solid objects like this table and this microphone and so on, but we actually create that in our heads out of the bits of information that hit the back of our eyeballs or hit our eardrums or hit our tongues or whatever.

~Douglas Adams

Topics: Actually Back Bits Colour Create Full Heads Hit Information Like Microphone Objects Our Out Place Shape Solid Table Think Tongues Vivid Whatever World

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I briefly did therapy, but after a while, I realised it is just like a farmer complaining about the weather. You can't fix the weather - you just have to get on with it.

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Topics: About After Complaining Did Farmer Fix Get Just Like Realised Therapy Weather While You

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You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

~Douglas Adams

Topics: Any Learn Live Rate You

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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

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Topics: Account Allowed Anyone Capable Getting Job Made President Should Themselves Who

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The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.

~Douglas Adams

Topics: Definitive Frequently Guide Inaccurate Reality

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In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

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Topics: Fly Ground Miss Must Order Simply

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He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

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Topics: Dreamer He His Idiot Philosopher Speculative Thinker Wife Would

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I think you get most of the most interesting work done in fields where people don't think they're doing art but are merely practicing a craft and working as good craftsmen. Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.

~Douglas Adams

Topics: Art Being Craft Damage Doing Done Fields Get Good How Interesting Job Knowing Literate Merely Most People Practicing Properly Them Think Tools Use Where Work Working Writer You Your I Think

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Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

~Douglas Adams

Topics: Beautiful Believe Bottom Enough Fairies Garden Having See Too Without

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I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.

~Douglas Adams

Topics: Business Does Find Intelligent Intelligent People Interesting Me Otherwise People Profoundly Religion Seriously Take Whole

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: March 11th, 1952

Died: May 11th, 2001

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