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...My point is, I went crazy. When I saw what a black, awful joke the world was. I went crazy as a coot! I admit it! Why can't you?

Alan Moore

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Alan Moore
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: November 18
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Do I believe, for example, that by using magic I could fly? No. How would you get around gravity? Impossible. Do I believe that I might be able to project my consciousness into a very, very vivid simulation of flying? Yeah. Yes, I've done that. Yes, that works.
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The multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him... [from Macbeth]
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Nothing is insoluble. Nothing is hopeless. Not while there's life.
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