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Our environments shape the way we see ourselves. If you have been condemned to live in an area that is pretty evidently a rat-run, then sooner or later you're gonna come to the conclusion that you're a rat.

Alan Moore

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Alan Moore
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: November 18
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