I live in what are known as hopes. I hope for fascinating a… - Douglas Adams

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I live in what are known as hopes. I hope for fascinating and remunerative cases, my secretary hopes that I will pay her, her landlord hopes that she will produce some rent, the Electricity Board hopes that he will settle their bill, and so on. I find it a wonderfully optimistic way of life.

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Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author and satirist, best known for his The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy scripts and books.

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Pen Names: David Agnew

Birth Name: Douglas Noël Adams

Alternative Names: Douglas Noel Adams • Douglas N. Adams

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