And thus were created the conditions, for a staggering new form of industry: Custom-made, luxury planet building.

— The Hitchhiker’S Guide To The Galaxy Book (Peter Jones)

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8 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 3 sitcom.

You can hear this line at 00:02:21.458 in the Blu-ray version of the episode.

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[...]

- And thus was the Empire forged.

- Many men, of course, became extremely rich. But this was perfectly natural, and nothing to be ashamed of because no-one was really poor. At least, no-one worth speaking of.

- And for these extremely rich merchants, life eventually became rather dull.

- And it seemed that none of the worlds they settled on was entirely satisfactory.

- Either the climate wasn't quite right in the later part of the afternoon, or the day was half an hour too long, or the sea was just the wrong shade of pink.

- And thus were created the conditions, for a staggering new form of industry: Custom-made, luxury planet building.

- The home of this industry was the planet Magrathea, where vast hyperspatial engineering works were constructed to suck matter through white holes in space, and form it into dream planets, lovingly made to meet the standards of the Galaxy's richest men.

- And so successful was this venture that very soon Magrathea itself became the richest planet of all time.

- And the rest of the Galaxy was reduced to abject poverty.

- And so the system broke down, the Empire collapsed, and a long, sullen silence settled over the Galaxy.

[...]

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