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There is no future. There is no past. Do you see? Time is simultaneous, an intricately structured jewel that humans insist on viewing one edge at a time, when the whole design is visible in every facet.

Alan Moore

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