I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas, cultures, and systems of thought we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word freedom means than I see much evidence of in America. To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that in Europe we're probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot.
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Douglas AdamsI didn't notice I was being set upon by a pickpocket, which I am glad of, because I like to work only with professionals.
Douglas AdamsWhat god would be hanging around Terminal Two of Heathrow Airport trying to catch the 15:37 flight to Oslo?
Douglas AdamsBut the plans were on displayโฆโ โOn display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.โ โThatโs the display department.โ โWith a flashlight.โ โAh, well, the lights had probably gone.โ โSo had the stairs.โ โBut look, you found the notice, didnโt you?โ โYes,โ said Arthur, โyes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying โBeware of the Leopard.
Douglas AdamsHe would have felt safe if alongside the Dentrassis' underwear, the piles of Sqornshellous mattresses and the man from Betelgeuse holding up a small yellow fish and offering to put it in his ear he had been able to see just a small packet of cornflakes. But he couldn't, and he didn't feel safe.
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