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• Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human history, largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh water, timber, fiber and fuel. This has resulted in a substantial and largely irreversible loss in the diversity of life on Earth.

  Gary Larson

  Loss, Ecosystems, Water

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Perspective was always important. There are some cartoonists who can stand at the foot of a building looking straight up and they'll capture it perfectly. And then there are those of us who do the same drawing and it's the goofiest-looking thing in the world. But after a while I guess you just learn what you're capable of and what you can and can't do.

  Gary Larson

  Perspective, Important, World

  "The Far Side of Retirement". Los Angeles Times interview, articles.latimes.com. October 7, 1996.

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• Thunderstick?... You actually said, 'Thunderstick?'... That, my friend is a Winchester 30.06.

  Gary Larson

  Said, My Friends

  Gary Larson (1986). “The Far Side Gallery 2”, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Wait a minute! This is grass! We've been eating grass!

  Gary Larson

  Waiting, Eating, Grass

  Gary Larson (1984). “The Far Side Gallery”, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• The fuel light's on, Frank! We're all going to die! Wait, wait... Oh, my mistake - that's the intercom light.

  Gary Larson

  Mistake, Light, Waiting

  Gary Larson, Steve (FRW) Martin (2003). “The Complete Far Side: 1980-1994”, Andrews McMeel Pub

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• I don't know where my ideas come from. I will admit, however, that one key ingredient is caffeine. I get a couple cups of coffee into me and weird things just start to happen.

  Gary Larson

  Couple, Coffee, Keys

  Gary Larson (1989). “The PreHistory of the Far side: a 10th anniversary exhibit”, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Hot oil! We need hot oil!... Forget the water balloons!

  Gary Larson

  Oil, Water, Stupidity

  Gary Larson, Steve (FRW) Martin (2003). “The Complete Far Side: 1980-1994”, Andrews McMeel Pub

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• I actually find a lot of parallels in jazz and cartooning.

  Gary Larson

  Jazz, Parallels

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think I'm maintaining the quality, but internally I'm paying for it.

  Gary Larson

  Thinking, Quality, Maintaining

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I never liked my own species. On why so many of his comics are about animals, in an interview.

  Gary Larson

  Animal, Interviews, Species

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• I think one thing that's important to maintain is a sense of fear, always doubting yourself... a good dose of insecurity helps your work in some ways.

  Gary Larson

  Thinking, Insecurity, Doubt

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Things can be low on the food chain, but that doesn't mean they're lowly.

  Gary Larson

  Mean, Lows, Chains

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• I think it's vital to be honest with yourself. You do have to satisfy yourself first. If you're drawing something, you have to ask yourself if it's something you genuinely think is funny. Or is it starting to fall into just a category, just kind of a shtick thing? I think it's important for all cartoonists to be honest with themselves about their own sense of humor and what they're doing.

  Gary Larson

  Fall, Thinking, Important

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• Usually when I sat down to draw a cartoon, it would be more of a reflection of things in my past. Or it could be something I had experienced that morning, or that week, or something I might know that's part of my background.

  Gary Larson

  Morning, Reflection, Past

  Source: articles.latimes.com

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• Man Swims in Shark Infested Waters, Forgets He's Shark Food.

  Gary Larson

  Men, Sharks, Water

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• I've always considered music stores to be the graveyards of musicians.

  Gary Larson

  Musician, Stores, Graveyard

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I thought some of my earlier cartoons were not exactly great shakes at the time I drew them. Now I see a certain innocence in them. The humor has a kind of purity to it, I guess. And it works better on some level for me now.

  Gary Larson

  Cartoon, Innocence, Kind

  Source: articles.latimes.com

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• I don't read cartoons because I think for the most part the comics don't have an interest for me. There's just nothing there these days that makes me want to go seek them out. I'm not trying to say my work wouldn't have sparked that same reaction from somebody else. There's just nothing there for me personally.

  Gary Larson

  Thinking, Cartoon, Trying

  Source: articles.latimes.com

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• On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.

  Gary Larson

  School, Careers, Guy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.

  Gary Larson

  Thinking, Years, Fit

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Theme-park approach to nature. We judge plants and animals by whether they're entertaining to us. We gravitate toward animals and plants that are big, dramatic, beautiful and at eye-level.

  Gary Larson

  Beautiful, Eye, Animal

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