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Douglas Adams Biography

Douglas Adams, Writer
Born asDouglas Noel Adams
Occup.Writer
FromUnited Kingdom
SpouseJane Belson
BornMarch 11, 1952
Cambridge, England
DiedMay 11, 2001
Montecito, California, USA
CauseHeart Attack
Aged49 years
Douglas Noel Adams was born upon March 11, 1952, in Cambridge, England, to moms and dads Janet and also Christopher Adams. His father was a management professional, and also his mom worked in nursing. Early in his youth, Adams went to Primrose Hill Primary School and after that Brentwood School in Essex. He later participated in St. John's College, Cambridge, where he studied English literary works.

Adams revealed a very early affinity for creative writing and also humor, influenced by the works of P.G. Wodehouse and also Lewis Carroll. While in university, he came to be associated with the Cambridge Footlights, a student funny revue team. It was throughout his time with the Footlights that Adams met Graham Chapman, Monty Python's John Cleese, as well as various other future stars of British comedy.

Upon graduating from St. John's in 1974, Adams started servicing various writing jobs, consisting of manuscripts for Monty Python's Flying Circus and also Doctor Who. In 1977, he married Jane Belson, and also they had a daughter called Polly Jane in 1994.

Adams' writing career removed in 1978 with the launch of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on BBC Radio 4. Originally simply a radio collection, Adams broadened the tale right into an extremely effective book collection, which would certainly go on to be referred to as a "trilogy in five components". The series complies with Arthur Dent, the last surviving guy from Earth after it was destroyed to make way for an intergalactic freeway, on his journeys via area accompanied by Ford Prefect, a traveling writer for the eponymous manual.

The success of the Hitchhiker series brought about further chances for Adams. In the 1980s, he began dealing with innovation, specifically when he collaborated with Infocom to produce the Hitchhiker's Guide text-based adventure game. He likewise worked with the Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency series and also founded the digital media company The Digital Village in 1990.

In addition to his operate in literary works as well as innovation, Adams was a popular ecological activist and supporter for pet rights. He was a strong advocate of companies like the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as well as Save the Rhino. In 1990, he released "Last Chance to See", a non-fiction book chronicling his journey to see some of the globe's most endangered varieties with zoologist Mark Carwardine. Adams' passion for ecological preservation and pet security performed his personal and professional life.

On May 11, 2001, Douglas Adams unfortunately died of a cardiac arrest in Santa Barbara, California, at the age of 49. His unfortunate death left a substantial effect on the literary and also amusement neighborhoods, along with his dedicated fan base. Certainly, Douglas Adams' wit, creativity, as well as enthusiasm forever have actually guaranteed his long-term heritage as a giant worldwide of sci-fi, funny, and environmentalism.

Our collection contains 32 quotes who is written / told by Douglas, under the main topics: Dreams - Religion.

Related authors: Graham Chapman (Comedian), Christo (Artist), Robert Sheckley (Author), Lewis Carroll (Author), John Cleese (Actor)

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32 Famous quotes by Douglas Adams

Small: The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate
"The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate"
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Small: The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is t
"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 and repair"
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Small: A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestim
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools"
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Small: The mere thought hadnt even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind
"The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind"
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Small: 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"
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Small: 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"
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Small: The difficulty with this conversation is that its very different from most of the ones Ive had of late.
"The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees"
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Small: Space is big. You just wont believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may thin
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space"
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Small: Life is wasted on the living
"Life is wasted on the living"
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Small: It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least sui
"It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job"
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Small: 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"
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Small: I dont believe it. Prove it to me and I still wont believe it
"I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it"
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Small: Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are a
"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"
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Small: To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is
"To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity"
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Small: This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays
"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays"
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Small: It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry I could
"It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too"
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Small: It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes
"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes"
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Small: Isnt it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at th
"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?"
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Small: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely reg
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move"
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Small: In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground
"In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground"
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Small: If somebody thinks theyre a hedgehog, presumably you just give em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgeh
"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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Small: If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we h
"If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands"
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Small: Im spending a year dead for tax reasons
"I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons"
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Small: I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?
"I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?"
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Small: I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be
"I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be"
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Small: I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be"
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Small: I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by"
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Small: He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot
"He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot"
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Small: He hoped and prayed that there wasnt an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved
"He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife"
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Small: Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss
"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss"
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Small: Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the jo
"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job"
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Small: There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why i
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened"
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