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Even when you look for it, you're never prepared for it.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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I've got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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I wasn't having any luck getting accepted anyway and it forced me to re-examine what it was that I really wanted to do. In my experience in political cartooning, I was never one of those people who read the headlines and foams at the mouth with rabid opinion that I've just got to get down on paper.
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The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can never play it the same way twice! (Calvin)
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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?
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It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
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Sleepwalking? Nightmare? Homicidal psycho jungle cat!
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Obviously the role of comics is changing very fast. On the one hand, comics are widely accepted and taken seriously. On the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money.
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Having an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
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I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.
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Reality continues to ruin my life.
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I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.
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Miss Wormwood: Calvin, your test was an absolute disgrace! It's obvious you haven't read any of the material. Our first president was not Chef Boy-Ar-Dee and you ought to be ashamed to have turned in such preposterous answers! Calvin: I just don't test well.
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I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
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Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
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I'm a man of few words. If you read more, you might have a larger vocabulary.
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It's only work if somebody makes you do it.
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S...For Stupendous! T...For Tiger, ferocity of! U...For Underwear, Red! P...For Power, Incredible! E...For excellent physique! N...For...Um...Something..Hm, well, I'll come back to that... D...For Determination! U...For...Wait, How do you spell this? Is it I??
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The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!
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I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man's destruction of forests. . . . Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
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The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
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