"Ford," he said, "you're turning into a penguin. Stop it."
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"Ford," he said, "you're turning into a penguin. -
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
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It wasn't the Captain's job to worry about that, though.It wasn't the Captain's job to worry about that, though. It was his job to do his job, which was to do his job. If that led to a certain narrowness of vision and circularity of thought, then it wasn't his job to worry about such things. Any such things that came his way were referred to others, who had, in turn, other people to refer such things to.
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There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.
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“I'm afraid,” he said at last, “that the Question and the Answer are mutually exclusive.“I'm afraid,” he said at last, “that the Question and the Answer are mutually exclusive. Knowledge of one logically precludes knowledge of the other. It is impossible that both can ever be known about the same Universe.”
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"If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.""If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now."
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The story so far:In the beginning the Universe was createdThe story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
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Sub-editors. Bastards.Sub-editors. Bastards. What about all that copy of his they'd cut? Fifteen years of research he'd filed from one planet alone and they'd cut it to two words. "Mostly harmless." The finger to them as well.
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"But the plans were on display ."But the plans were on display . . ."
"On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them."
"That's the display department."
"With a torch."
"Ah, well the lights had probably gone."
"So had the stairs."
"But look, you found the notice, didn't you?"
"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying Beware of the Leopard." -
I ache, therefore I am.I ache, therefore I am.
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There was a terrible ghastly silenceThere was a terrible ghastly silence.
There was a terrible ghastly noise.
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Zarniwoop: Ah – you say, "the Lord", so you believe in —Man in Shack: My cat.Zarniwoop: Ah – you say, "the Lord", so you believe in —
Man in Shack: My cat. I call him "the lord". I am kind to him.
Zarniwoop: Alright. How do you know he exists? How do you know he knows you to be kind or enjoys what you think of as your kindness?
Man in Shack: I don't. I have no idea. It merely pleases me to behave in a certain way to what appears to be a cat. What else do you do? Please...I am tired. -
There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.
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It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
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"The insurance business is completely screwy now."The insurance business is completely screwy now. You know they've reintroduced the death penalty for insurance company directors?"
"Really?" said Arthur. "No, I didn't. For what offense?"
Trillian frowned.
"What do you mean, offense?"
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"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm..."Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm...
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Arthur looked up.Arthur looked up. "Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out."
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The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying "And another thing..." twenty minutes after admitting he's lost the argument.'n#HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #botThe storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying "And another thing..." twenty minutes after admitting he's lost the argument.
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She was mostly immensely relieved to think that virtually everything that anybody had ever told her was wrong.'n#HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #botShe was mostly immensely relieved to think that virtually everything that anybody had ever told her was wrong.
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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.#HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #botThe last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.