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I'm related to people I don't relate to.

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. As my artist’s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.
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CALVIN: When I grow up I want to be an inventor. First I will invent a time machine. Then I'll come back to yesterday and take myself to tomorrow and skip this dumb assignment.
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If people looked at the stars each night, they'd live a lot differently. When you look into infinity, you realize that there are more important things than what people do all day.
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If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?
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I go to school, but I never learn what I want to know.
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Sleepwalking? Nightmare? Homicidal psycho jungle cat!
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In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.
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Animation, by necessity, is a team sport, and the fewer people with input into my work, the better I like it.
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