Douglas Adams Quotes
I have rooms full of little dongly things and don't want any more. Half the little dongly things I've got, I don't even know what gizmo they're for. More importantly, half the gizmos I've got, I don't know where their little dongly thing is.
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Some of the most fun people I know are scientists.
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I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
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Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
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I wanted to get away from the Mexican vernacular and do more 'nuevo Latino.' Americans are starting to understand regionality in Mexican food. It is very regional in terms of ingredients.
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Over the years, so many exceptions and amendments were made to China's one-child policy that it was hard to pinpoint a moment to pronounce it dead.
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If I'm feeling desperate, I'll go out image-hunting. I'll go to news agents and stand at the rack flicking through magazines or go to second-hand bookshops. And then, bit by bit, like concrete poetry, I start to realise that I am drawn to particular things, and then I start wondering why that is.
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I love dancing.
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Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun?
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There is a significant momentum behind the social Internet. A wide range of public investors were very enthusiastic about that.
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I love thriller writers. My favourites are Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Ian Rankin, Kathy Reichs and Ed McBain.
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Whenever a partnership is formed, there has to be a benefit to the partners; otherwise, they don't form it.
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I really don't have a need to be on TV all that much, to be honest with you.
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I should be married and have 19 kids. And now I'm thinking my eggs are dying on the shelf. They're going to go past their expiration date. But it's what I chose, so I'm fine with that decision.
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My hope is that we will inspire more lesbians to get politically engaged. For too long, lesbian women have been left out of politics.
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I'm sorry that I can't snap my fingers and undo 50 years of bad American foreign policy.
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There's a real sense of camaraderie with sitcoms.
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Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.
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Just as you go to the gym regularly to keep your body fit, regular couples counseling can keep your relationship fit as well.
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In the revolt against idealism, the ambiguities of the word 'experience' have been perceived, with the result that realists have more and more avoided the word. It is to be feared, however, that if the word is avoided the confusions of thought with which it has been associated may persist.
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That's country music for you - bourbon and the Bible.
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If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's great. You should be praised for having opened the debate and having asked the right questions.
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Those who get the most out of life and those who give the most are those who make the choice to act.
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I have rooms full of little dongly things and don't want any more. Half the little dongly things I've got, I don't even know what gizmo they're for. More importantly, half the gizmos I've got, I don't know where their little dongly thing is.
