To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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Chapter 29
This is an important announcement. This is flight 121 to Los Angeles. If your travel plans today do not include Los Angeles, now would be a perfect time to disembark.
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So Long and Thanks For All The Fish
A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
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Mostly Harmless
Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
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Hitchiker’s Quide to the Galaxy
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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Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
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Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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