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I'm a man of few words. If you read more, you might have a larger vocabulary.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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Every time I've built character, I've regretted it.
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For your information, I'm staying like this, and everyone else can just get used to it! If people don't like me the way I am, well TOUGH BEANS! It's a free country! I don't need anyone's permission to be the way I want! This is who I am - Take it or leave it!
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I wish I had more friends, but people are such jerks. If you can just get most people to leave you alone, you're doing good. If you can find even one person you really like, you're lucky. And if that person can also stand you, you're really lucky.
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Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
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What I try to do in writing any character is to put myself in his position.
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Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
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No sport is less organized than Calvinball.
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It's gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy.
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Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond'rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces... Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug's juices!
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Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN
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The problem with people is that they're only human.
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I'll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.
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The more words you have at your disposal, the more precisely you can express yourself.
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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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I've got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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