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Footlights

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atheism

is an arbitrary set of rules like chess or tennis which don't make any kind of sense except in terms of themselves, but when you start to exercise those rules, all sorts of processes start to happen and you start to find out all sorts of stuff about people.

I know that astrology isn't a science... Of course it isn't. It's just an arbitrary set of rules like chess or tennis.... The rules just kind of got there. They don't make any kind of sense except in terms of themselves. But when you start to exercise those rules, all sorts of processes start to happen and you start to find out all sorts of stuff about people. In astrology the rules happen to be about stars and planets, but they could be about ducks and drakes for all the difference it would make. It's just a way of thinking about a problem which lets the shape of that problem begin to emerge. The more rules, the tinier the rules, the more arbitrary they are, the better. It's like throwing a handful of fine graphite dust on a piece of paper to see where the hidden indentations are. It lets you see the words that were written on the piece of paper above it that's now been taken away and hidden. The graphite's not important. It's just the means of revealing their indentations. So you see, astrology's nothing to do with astronomy. It's just to do with people thinking about people.

is not necessarily 'about' something. What's a vase about? What's a sunset or a flower about? What, for that matter, is Mozart's Twenty-third Piano Concerto about?

Beauty doesn't have to be about anything. What's a vase about? What's a sunset or a flower about? What, for that matter, is Mozart's Twenty-third Piano Concerto about?

is not necessary. Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

is wild and only acts tame if there's a saucer of milk in it for him.

I think all cats are wild. They only act tame if there´s a saucer of milk in it for them. Douglas Adams

is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about.

is best loved for the wooshing noise it makes as it goes by.

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.' Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt

is a process whereby anyone who is capable of getting themselves elected in our system should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams

is the knack of learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

is the answer to the great question of life, the universe and everything.

The answer to the Great Question of ... Life, the Universe and Everything . . I.s . . Forty two.

is marked by the uniquely human capacity to learn from the experience of others . . . and for humans' apparent disinclination to do so.

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.

is dirty. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

is a job which no person capable of getting themselves elected to should on no account be allowed to do.

is so inept that young sloths frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees.

My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees. Douglas Adams

is that speed at which nothing can travel faster than, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules.

Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules.

is a word that describes something that doesn’t work yet.

Technology is a word that describes something that doesn’t work yet.

Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.

is inescapably difficult. The only secret is to drink way too much coffee and buy yourself a desk that doesn't collapse when you beat your head against it.

The fact is, I don't know where my ideas come from. Nor does any writer. The only real answer is to drink way too much coffee and buy yourself a desk that doesn't collapse when you beat your head against it.

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