Douglas Adams Quotes
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As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has a moral responsibility to act.
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Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.
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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
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I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to.
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The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
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I was captain in Atletico at 19, playing in the same team as Demetrio Albertini, who won three Champions Leagues, and Sergi Barjuan from Barcelona, who had won everything, and they were 32, 33. I was a kid as captain, so I wasn't the real captain, just a kid learning from them.
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I would have strong opinions and be prepared to argue my case, but if you talk to my colleagues, I think you'd find they consider me the jokester, the informal mayor of the West Wing.
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I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant.
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Abraham Lincoln was killed by the forces of white supremacy.
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I go out in New York, and I think, boy, you can look at someone and pretty much determine their zip code. Everyone seems to want to conform. I wonder, are they all just button-pressers, on the Internet all day long? I don't know.
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In particular what is most important to me is the transformation of a sound by slowing it down, sometimes extremely, so that the inner of sound becomes a conceivable rhythm.
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Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.
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I am so honored to be named as one of Time's 100 most influential people.
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Being known for musicals is a great thing.
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If you compromise and hire someone mediocre, you will always regret it.
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There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A whole range of stuff has been placed off limits.
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You've got a couple of same-sex guys kissing, do you 'like' that? Well, that makes me want to throw up. To me, I would punch 'vomit' not 'like', but they don't give you that option on Facebook.
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United States and Coalition forces will remain in Iraq and will operate under American command as part of a multinational force authorized by the United Nations.
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On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn't come naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose but it's not my strength.
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Companies should be selling ideas more than benefits. Sell ideas. Not stuff.
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I think most fiction writers naturally start by writing short stories, but some of us don't. When I first started writing, I just started writing a novel. It's a hard way to learn to write. I don't recommend it to my students, but it just happens that way for some of us.
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The hotel shop only had two decent books, and I'd written both of them.
