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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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Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
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In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
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In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
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It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
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It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear.
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Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.
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The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.
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There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
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First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII--and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure.
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Human being, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.
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It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too. (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency)
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The moment at which two people, approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway, recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven t. This is to avoid the ghastly embarrassment of having to continue recognizing each other the whole length of the corridor.
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What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can't move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer.
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