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What I try to do in writing any character is to put myself in his position.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they'll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won't be the same as what I grew up with.
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Is it truly being good if the only reason I behave well is so I can get more loot at Christmas? I mean, really, all I'm doing is saying I can be bribed.
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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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Hobbes: What are you doing? Calvin: Being cool. Hobbes: You look more like you're being bored. Calvin: The world bores you when you're cool. Hobbes: Look, I brought a sombrero! Now we can both be cool. Calvin: A sombrero?! Are you crazy?! Cool people don't wear sombreros! Hobbes: What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?
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I'M SIGNIFICANT!!! ... Say's the dust speck.
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I go to school, but I never learn what I want to know.
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People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.
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The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.
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For no reason I can think of, I've wandered far astray. And that is how I got to where I find myself today.
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So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap!
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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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