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Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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Obviously the great thing about this job is the complete freedom of the schedule. So long as I meet the deadline, they don't care when I work or how I work.
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What state do you live in? Denial.
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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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Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming, you have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it's going to come in handy all the time.
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine and valleys of frustration and failure.
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Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
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I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple.
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I think hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient's friends.
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development. I assume they're either homages or satiric riffs, and are not intended to be taken too seriously as works in their own right. Otherwise I should be talking to a copyright lawyer.
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Calvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where's your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak... Am I scary, or what?
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If you've ever compared a film to a novel it's based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It's inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie's needs get served.
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Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
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That's the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement.
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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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I'm a misunderstood genius.
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To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.
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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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