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I'm a misunderstood genius.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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Washington
District of Columbia
Misunderstood
Genius

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Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm's Thermonuclear League of Liberty. Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
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I still read newspaper comics, but without much hope for their future.
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CALVIN: When I grow up I want to be an inventor. First I will invent a time machine. Then I'll come back to yesterday and take myself to tomorrow and skip this dumb assignment.
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But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
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Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
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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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Calvin:It says here that 'religion is the opiate of the masses.'...what do you suppose that means? Television: ...it means that Karl Marx hadn't seen anything yet
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If you can't win by reason, go for volume.
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I'M SIGNIFICANT!!! ... Say's the dust speck.
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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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I'd hate to have a kid like me.
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