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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Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.
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You live and learn. At any rate, you live.
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Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
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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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Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word ‘safe’ that I wasn’t previously aware of.
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Life is wasted on the living.
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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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There is a theory which states that if ever anybody 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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The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.
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