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Good friends are hard to come by... I need more money.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
Author
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Washington
District of Columbia
Needs
Good
Friends
Money
Come
Need
Hard

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