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The Boy with Nails in His Eyes put up his aluminum tree. It looked pretty strange because he couldn't really see.

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Tim Burton
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 25
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If you want people to leave you alone then appearing to be crazy is a good thing. If you're walking down the street talking to yourself people tend to give you a wide berth! But I've always been blessed with being easily ignored or avoided. I think maybe it's because people think I look a little crazy.
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I'm a happy-go-lucky manic-depressive. It does get very deep and dark for me, and it gets scary at times when I feel I can't pull out of it. But I don't consider myself negative-negative. I'm positive-negative.
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