These are life’s little learning experiences. You know what a learning experience is is one of those things that says, “You know that thing you just did? Don’t do that.”

Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter

Interview (2001-04-05) by Brendan Buhler, “Man of the Galaxy,” Daily Nexus, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Collected in The Salmon of Doubt, Part 3 "And Everything" (2002) [ed. Peter Guzzardi].