Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so muc…

Douglas Adams
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Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches? ✨ Douglas Adams (1985). The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts, Random House Value Publishing
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