He didn't know why he had become president of the galaxy, except that …

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He didn't know why he had become president of the galaxy, except that it seemed a fun thing to be. ✨ Douglas Adams (2009). The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, p.160, Pan Macmillan
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