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We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from another's vantage point, as if new, it may still take the breath away.

Alan Moore

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Alan Moore
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: November 18
Comics Artist
Comics Writer
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Opinion Journalist
Science Fiction Writer
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Curt Vile
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The Original Writer
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