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Douglas Noël Adams bol anglický spisovateľ sci-fi.

✵ 11. marec 1952 – 11. máj 2001  •  Ďalšie mená Дуглас Адамс
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„Ľudské bytosti, ktoré sú takmer jedinečné tým, že majú schopnosť učiť sa zo skúseností iných, sú pozoruhodné aj tým, že sa im to zjavne nechce.“

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„42 je milé číslo, ktoré môžete zobrať domov a predstaviť svojej rodine.“

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42 is a nice number that you can take home and introduce to your family. (en)
Adamsova odpoveď na otázku, prečo práve 42 je odpoveď na základnú otázku života, vesmíru a všetkého (na pôde Brownovej univerzity okolo roku 1994).
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„Do normálu sa vrátime ihneď ako stanovíme čo je vlastne normálne.“

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„Fakt super ohromné. Je to také super brutálne úžasné, že by som to najradšej hneď ukradol.“

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

„""Vieš,"" nadhodil Arthur, ""vo chvíľach, ako je táto, keď som uväznený v prechodovej komore vogónskej lode s chlapom z Betelgeuze a čaká ma smrť zadusením vo vákuu vesmíru, vážne ľutujem, že som nepočúval, čo mi hovorila matka, keď som bol malý.""
""Prečo? Čo ti hovorila?""
""Neviem. Nepočúval som ju.""“

Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Stopárov sprievodca galaxiou

„Koľko ciest musí človek prejsť?“

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

„Táto okolnosť sa môže bez problémov stať predmetom napätia, pretože nie je absolútne ničím dôležitá.“

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

„Never ničomu, čo čítaš na nete. Okrem tohto. No, vrátane tohto, predpokladám.“

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Varianta: Neverte všetkému, čo je na internete. Až na toto. No, aj vrátane tohto, asi.

„Doterajší príbeh:
Na začiatku bol vytvorený Vesmír.
To nahnevalo veľa ľudí a je to všeobecne uznávané za zlý krok.“

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„Bežnou chybou, ktorú ľudia robia, keď sa snažia navrhnúť niečo úplne bezchybné, je podceňovanie vynaliezavosti úplných bláznov.“

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„Zriedka skončím tam, kam som mal v úmysle ísť, ale často skončím niekde, kam som potreboval.“

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„Máme normálnosť. Opakujem, máme normálnosť. Takže všetko, čo ani takto nedokážete zvládnuť, je preto váš vlastný problém.“

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Douglas Adams: Citáty v angličtine

“It all sounds rather naive and sentimental to be talking about children laughing and dancing and singing together when we all know perfectly well that what children do in real life is snarl and take drugs.”

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“If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?”

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Douglas Adams kniha Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Zdroj: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

“… they discovered only a small asteroid inhabited by a solitary old man who claimed repeatedly that nothing was true, though he was later discovered to be lying.”

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Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Zdroj: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“In an infinite Universe anything can happen.”

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Douglas Adams kniha The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Zdroj: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“The waiter approached.
'Would you like to see the menu?' he said. 'Or would you like to meet the Dish of the Day?'
'Huh?' said Ford.
'Huh?' said Arthur.
'Huh?' said Trillian.
'That’s cool,' said Zaphod. 'We'll meet the meat.”

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Zdroj: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence.”

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“I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.”

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“Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.”

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Douglas Adams kniha So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Zdroj: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.”

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Zdroj: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“He learned to communicate with birds and discovered their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with windspeed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios and a fair bit about berries.”

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Douglas Adams kniha So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Zdroj: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.”

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Zdroj: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“We are not an endangered species ourselves yet, but this is not for lack of trying.”

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Douglas Adams kniha Last Chance to See

Zdroj: Last Chance to See

“It seemed to me,' said Wonko the Sane, 'that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a package of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane.”

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Douglas Adams kniha So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Zdroj: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“Beppu (n.)

The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page.”

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Douglas Adams kniha The Meaning of Liff

Zdroj: The Deeper Meaning of Liff

“The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.”

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“The President of the Universe holds no real power. His sole purpose is to take attention away from where the power truly exists…”

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“If they don’t keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.”

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“I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course--the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end.”

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“I think we have different value systems." —Arthur
"Well mine's better." —Ford”

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Douglas Adams kniha Mostly Harmless

Zdroj: Mostly Harmless

“The light works," he said, indicating the window, "the gravity works," he said, dropping a pencil on the floor. "Anything else we have to take our chances with.”

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Douglas Adams kniha Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Zdroj: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

“Alltami (n.)

The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.”

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Douglas Adams kniha The Meaning of Liff

Zdroj: The Deeper Meaning of Liff

“I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style”

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Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy

Zdroj: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Unfortunately this Electric Monk had developed a fault, and had started to believe all kinds of things, more or less at random. It was even beginning to believe things they'd have difficulty believing in Salt Lake City.”

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Douglas Adams kniha Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Zdroj: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

“The hotel shop only had two decent books, and I'd written both of them.”

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Douglas Adams kniha The Salmon of Doubt

Zdroj: The Salmon of Doubt (2002)

“You just come along with me and have a good time. The Galaxy's a fun place. You'll need to have this fish in your ear.”

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Zdroj: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Numbers written on restaurant bills within the confines of restaurants do not follow the same mathematical laws as numbers written on any other pieces of paper in any other parts of the Universe. This single fact took the scientific world by storm.”

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Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything

Zdroj: Life, the Universe and Everything

“Aberystwyth (n.)

A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.”

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Douglas Adams kniha The Meaning of Liff

Zdroj: The Deeper Meaning of Liff

“If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves.”

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Zdroj: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Would you like to see the menu?" he said, "or would you like meet the Dish of the Day?"

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“Good evening,” it lowed and sat back heavily on its haunches, “I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in parts of my body?”

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Douglas Adams kniha The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Zdroj: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. Somebody did once look at his watch, but that was eleven years ago now, and there has been no follow up.”

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Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything

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