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I want it to go on, but I want us to go out on top.

Matt Groening

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Matt Groening
Age: 54
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Matthew Abram Groening
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Let's face it, all the good stuff happens after midnight.
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I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun.
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I promise I'll do anything for you, especialy if it's easy. Homer Simpson
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I've conducted an experiment on my kids. Instead of denying them access to media, I've encouraged it. They read comic books, play Nintendo and watch way too much TV.
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The really great thing about having two TV shows going on at the same time is that I can go to one and say that I have to go and visit the other and then I can just go home and they don't know.
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I'm not going to stop torturing myself till I figure out the cause of my pain.
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I believe that children are our future. Unless we stop them now.
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Of course I’ve gone mad with power! Have you ever tried going mad without power? It’s boring and no one listens to you! — Russ Cargill
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Everybody doesn't have to get every joke. People really appreciate not being condescended to.
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'The Simpsons' is an especially collaborative show.
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'The Simpsons' obviously is a huge success, and Fox has nothing to do with its success, with its creative success, and as a result they don't really like the show. They don't like 'The Simpsons' at Fox.
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Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals... except the weasel.
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I loved literary science fiction. In fact, as a kid, when I was reading science fiction, I thought 'I can't wait for the future when the special effects are good' to represent what was in these books by Arthur C. Clarke, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard, Jack Vance.
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I thought I had an appetite for destruction, but all I wanted was a club sandwich.
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I think in daily newspapers, the way comic strips are treated, it's as if newspaper publishers are going out of their way to kill the medium.
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