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Calvin: Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.
Bill Watterson
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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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