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It is a rare mind indeed that...

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.

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Look at a book. A book is the...

Look at a book. A book is the right size to be a book. They're solar-powered. If you drop them, they keep on being a book. You can find your place in microseconds. Books are really good at being books, and no matter what happens, books will survive.

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One of the most important thi...

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.'

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In the beginning the Universe...

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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We have normality. I repeat, ...

We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.

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I may not have gone where I i...

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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My absolute favourite piece o...

My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees.

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If it looks like a duck, and ...

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.

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Any man who can hitch the len...

Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

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If somebody thinks they're a ...

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves.

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The knack of flying is learni...

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

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He hoped and prayed that ther...

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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I love deadlines. I like the ...

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

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I seldom end up where I wante...

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

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I think the idea of art kills...

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

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I've come up with a set of ru...

I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

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Sir,' I said to the universe,...

Sir,' I said to the universe, 'I exist.' 'That,' said the universe, 'creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever.

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The quality of any advice any...

The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.

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I am rarely happier than when...

I am rarely happier than when spending entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that it would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand.

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Reality is hopelessly inaccur...

Reality is hopelessly inaccurate.

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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