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HOBBES: All this modern technology just makes people try to do everything at once.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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Comics Artist
Washington
District of Columbia
People
Hobbes
Technology
Modern
Makes
Everything
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