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Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
Author
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Washington
District of Columbia
Never
Shaves
Argue
Arguing
Six
Year
Years

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