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Human beings, 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. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#ability #almost #also #apparent #beings

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#get #hang #i #must #never

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#ground #miss #must #order #simply

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim. ↗

— Henry Adams

#certain #community #friend #friendship #hardly

If any demonstrator ever lays down in front of my car, it'll be the last car he'll ever lay down in front of. ↗

— George C. Wallace

#car #down #ever #front #last

Persevere and get it done. ↗

— George Allen, Sr.

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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. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#consider #duck #family #hands #least

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. ↗

— Douglas Adams

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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. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#bad #been #beginning #created #in the beginning

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. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#contradiction #here #hoped #involved #merely