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Animation Quote by Jack Kirby

“I'd had a belly-full of being subservient. I had to find something else to do, and I did. I went to the animation houses. I went to new fields.” quote by Jack Kirby — Download Open image

“I'd had a belly-full of being subservient. I had to find something else to do, and I did. I went to the animation houses. I went to new fields.”

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