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He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered...

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered...

The knack of flying is 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.

There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what...

There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what...

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

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

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound as they fly by.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound as they fly by.

Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.

Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.

Time is bunk.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have...

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have...

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where...

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where...

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously...

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously...

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very...

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very...

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience...

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience...

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The...

It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones...

The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones...