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The more words you have at your disposal, the more precisely you can express yourself.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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Washington
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Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles.
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I'd hate to have a kid like me.
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I still read newspaper comics, but without much hope for their future.
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Once it's too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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The problem with people is that they're only human.
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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
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Calvin is hammering nails into coffee table. Mom: CALVIN WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE COFFEE TABLE?!? Calvin: Is this some sort of trick question, or what?
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I don't enjoy lettering very much, but that's the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me.
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Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.
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Selling out is usually more a matter of buying in. Sell out, and you’re really buying into someone else’s system of values, rules and rewards.
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It seems the less I do and say, the better everyone likes my work!
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I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
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Planet Bog - Pools of toxic chemicals bubble under a choking atmosphere of poisonous gases... but aside from that, it's not much like Earth.
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Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I'd say our afternoon just got booked solid!
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Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes: Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce. Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
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It's a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it's light out.
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I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word 'booger' in a newspaper comic strip.
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Instead of asking what's wrong with rampant consumerism, we ought to be asking, 'What justifies it?' Popular art does not have to pander to the lowest level of intelligence and taste.
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I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood.
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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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