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Basically, everything I try to do is to present an alternative to what somebody else is doing.
Matt Groening
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Matt Groening
Age: 54
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Matthew Abram Groening
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One of the things I would like to do is make up stories that I would have enjoyed when I was a kid. So, if I'm thinking about an audience, it's usually a younger version of myself.
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I thought I was going to make crazy cartoons for the rest of my life. I didn't think I'd ever get paid for it, didn't think I drew well enough, but I knew it made me happy.
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When will I learn? The answers to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a bottle. They're on TV!
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If at first you don't succeed - give it up. It isn't worth the pain.
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Me fail English? That's unpossible.
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