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The only damn thing I ever learned in all my years in art school was a piece is never done, it is just finished. You have to trust your inner voice, your instincts, when they tell you pencils down. And you roll up your sleeves and you start over again.

Brian Michael Bendis

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Brian Michael Bendis
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 18
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