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The fact that we live at the b...

The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.

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I refuse to answer that questi...

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer

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Humans are not proud of their ...

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

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I think all cats are wild. The...

I think all cats are wild. They only act tame if thereВґs a saucer of milk in it for them.

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Siamese Cats have a way of sta...

Siamese Cats have a way of staring at you. Those who have walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth will know the expression.

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He felt that his whole life wa...

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.

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Capital Letters Were Always Th...

Capital Letters Were Always The Best Way Of Dealing With Things You Didn't Have A Good Answer To.

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First we thought the PC was a ...

First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII Ђ' 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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My universe is my eyes and my ...

My universe is my eyes and my ears. Anything else is hearsay.

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He attacked everything in life...

He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.

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Don't believe anything you rea...

Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose.

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That young girl is one of the ...

That young girl is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting.

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Life... is like a grapefruit. ...

Life... is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangey-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have half a one for breakfast.

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It can hardly be a coincidence...

It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.

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and we'll be saying a big hell...

and we'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent life forms everywhere and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.

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Zaphod Beeblebrox, adventurer,...

Zaphod Beeblebrox, adventurer, ex-hippie, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), manic self-publicist, terrible bad at personal relationships, often thought to be completely out to lunch.

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I think you ought to know I'm ...

I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed.

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Arthur blinked at the screens ...

Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was. 'Is there any tea on this spaceship?' he asked.

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R is a velocity of measure, de...

R is a velocity of measure, defined as a reasonable speed of travel that is consistent with health, mental well-being, and not being more than, say, five minutes late. It is therefore clearly as almost infinite variable figure according to circumstances, since the first two factors vary not only with speed as an absolute, but also with awareness of the third factor. Unless handled with tranquility, this equation can result in considerable stress, ulcers, and even death.

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Much to his annoyance, a thoug...

Much to his annoyance, a thought popped into his mind. It was very clear and very distinct, and he had now come to recognize these thoughts for what they were. His instinct was to resist them.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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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...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....