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Once it's too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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You know, maybe we don't need enemies. Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.
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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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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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My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
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I've always been a huge fan of fantasy and adventure, putting yourself in someone else's shoes, I'm sure that's why I'm an actor. It's why I played with action figures as a kid, that's why I wrote and drew and read comics as a kid.
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The problem with people is that they're only human.
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