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The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.

Gary Larson

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Gary Larson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: August 14
Caricaturist
Cartoonist
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Comics Writer
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Tacoma
Washington
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