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So much of creativity is the feeling that you're either getting a gift from some other dimension or some other part of yourself.

John Hodgman

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John Hodgman
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: June 3
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Massachusetts
John Kellogg Hodgman
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I am someone who values knowledge, actual knowledge. I also value stories and fiction a whole lot, and that's where the fake knowledge comes in.
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