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Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.

Bill Watterson

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
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Washington
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Well, coming at a new work requires a certain amount of patience and energy, and there’s always the risk of disappointment. You can’t really blame people for preferring more of what they already know and like. The trade-off, of course, is that predictability is boring. Repetition is the death of magic.
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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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The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
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Reading goes faster if you don't sweat comprehension.
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Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
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When the cartoonist is trying to talk honestly and seriously about life, then I believe he has a responsibility to think beyond satisfying the market's every whim and desire.
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Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously?
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My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.
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So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap!
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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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I wish people were more like animals. Animals don't try to change you or make you fit in. They just enjoy the pleasure of your company. Animals aren't conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you're sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.
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People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. As my artist’s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.
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I've got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?
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I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
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The problem with people is that they're only human.
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