What’s up?” “I don’t know,” said Marvin, “I’ve never been…

What’s up?”
“I don’t know,” said Marvin, “I’ve never been there.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (novel), Chapter 34

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“Ha! What do you know of always? You say ‘always’ to me, who, because of the silly little errands your organic life forms keep on sending me through time on, am now thirty-seven times older than the Universe itself? Pick your words with a little more care,” he said, “and tact.” - c. 40 - View Quote Details on “Ha! What do you know of always? You say ‘always’…
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Well, you’re obviously being totally naive of course”, said the girl, “When you’ve been in marketing as long as I have, you’ll know that before any new product can be developed it has to be properly researched. We’ve got to find out what people want from fire, how they relate to it, what sort of image it has for them.”
The crowd were tense. They were expecting something wonderful from Ford.
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